Excess burden of age-associated comorbidities among people living with HIV in British Columbia, Canada: a population-based cohort study
Nanditha NGA, Paiero A, Tafessu HM, St-Jean M, McLinden T, Justice AC, Kopec J, Montaner JSG, Hogg RS, Lima VD. Excess burden of age-associated comorbidities among people living with HIV in British Columbia, Canada: a population-based cohort study. BMJ Open 2021, 11: e041734. PMID: 33419911, PMCID: PMC7799128, DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2020-041734.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHIV-negative controlsAge-associated comorbiditiesPopulation-based cohort studyCohort studyPrevalence trendsDiagnosis of comorbiditiesHIV-negative counterpartsNon-AIDS comorbiditiesHIV-negative individualsProvincial administrative databasesHIV care modelAdministrative health dataAge-associated conditionsLongitudinal cohort dataEarly ageAIDS comorbiditiesLiver diseaseEligible participantsLung diseaseAdministrative databasesHigh prevalencePLWHComorbiditiesCare modelKruskal-Wallis test