CD4(+) T cell count decreases by ethnicity among untreated patients with HIV infection in South Africa and Switzerland.
Details
Serval ID
serval:BIB_8AE1AE0571CF
Type
Article: article from journal or magazin.
Collection
Publications
Institution
Title
CD4(+) T cell count decreases by ethnicity among untreated patients with HIV infection in South Africa and Switzerland.
Journal
Journal of Infectious Diseases
Working group(s)
Cape Town AIDS Cohort, Swiss HIV Cohort Study
Contributor(s)
Battegay M., Bernasconi E., Böni J., Bucher HC., Bürgisser P., Calmy A., Cattacin S., Cavassini M., Dubs R., Egger M., Elzi L., Fischer M., Flepp M., Fontana A., Francioli P., Furrer H., Fux C., Gorgievski M., Günthard H., Hirsch H., Hirschel B., Hösli I., Kahlert Ch., Kaiser L., Karrer U., Kind C., Klimkait T., Ledergerber B., Martinetti G., Martinez B., Müller N., Nadal D., Paccaud F., Pantaleo G., Rauch C., Regenass S., Rickenbach M., Rudin C., Schmid P., Schultze D., Schüpbach J., Speck R., Taffe P., Telenti A., Trkola A., Vernazza P., Weber R., Yerly S.
ISSN
1537-6613 (Electronic)
ISSN-L
0022-1899
Publication state
Published
Issued date
2009
Peer-reviewed
Oui
Volume
200
Number
11
Pages
1729-1735
Language
english
Notes
Publication types: Journal Article ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Publication Status: ppublish
Publication Status: ppublish
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Estimates of the decrease in CD4(+) cell counts in untreated patients with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection are important for patient care and public health. We analyzed CD4(+) cell count decreases in the Cape Town AIDS Cohort and the Swiss HIV Cohort Study.
METHODS: We used mixed-effects models and joint models that allowed for the correlation between CD4(+) cell count decreases and survival and stratified analyses by the initial cell count (50-199, 200-349, 350-499, and 500-750 cells/microL). Results are presented as the mean decrease in CD4(+) cell count with 95% confidence intervals (CIs) during the first year after the initial CD4(+) cell count.
RESULTS: A total of 784 South African (629 nonwhite) and 2030 Swiss (218 nonwhite) patients with HIV infection contributed 13,388 CD4(+) cell counts. Decreases in CD4(+) cell count were steeper in white patients, patients with higher initial CD4(+) cell counts, and older patients. Decreases ranged from a mean of 38 cells/microL (95% CI, 24-54 cells/microL) in nonwhite patients from the Swiss HIV Cohort Study 15-39 years of age with an initial CD4(+) cell count of 200-349 cells/microL to a mean of 210 cells/microL (95% CI, 143-268 cells/microL) in white patients in the Cape Town AIDS Cohort > or =40 years of age with an initial CD4(+) cell count of 500-750 cells/microL.
CONCLUSIONS: Among both patients from Switzerland and patients from South Africa, CD4(+) cell count decreases were greater in white patients with HIV infection than they were in nonwhite patients with HIV infection.
METHODS: We used mixed-effects models and joint models that allowed for the correlation between CD4(+) cell count decreases and survival and stratified analyses by the initial cell count (50-199, 200-349, 350-499, and 500-750 cells/microL). Results are presented as the mean decrease in CD4(+) cell count with 95% confidence intervals (CIs) during the first year after the initial CD4(+) cell count.
RESULTS: A total of 784 South African (629 nonwhite) and 2030 Swiss (218 nonwhite) patients with HIV infection contributed 13,388 CD4(+) cell counts. Decreases in CD4(+) cell count were steeper in white patients, patients with higher initial CD4(+) cell counts, and older patients. Decreases ranged from a mean of 38 cells/microL (95% CI, 24-54 cells/microL) in nonwhite patients from the Swiss HIV Cohort Study 15-39 years of age with an initial CD4(+) cell count of 200-349 cells/microL to a mean of 210 cells/microL (95% CI, 143-268 cells/microL) in white patients in the Cape Town AIDS Cohort > or =40 years of age with an initial CD4(+) cell count of 500-750 cells/microL.
CONCLUSIONS: Among both patients from Switzerland and patients from South Africa, CD4(+) cell count decreases were greater in white patients with HIV infection than they were in nonwhite patients with HIV infection.
Keywords
Adolescent, Adult, CD4 Lymphocyte Count, Cohort Studies, Female, HIV Infections/epidemiology, HIV Infections/ethnology, Humans, Male, Models, Statistical, South Africa/epidemiology, Switzerland/epidemiology
Pubmed
Web of science
Open Access
Yes
Create date
30/12/2009 15:00
Last modification date
20/08/2019 15:49
Usage data
