The association between all-cause mortality and HIV acquisition risk groups in the United States, 2001-2014.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To investigate associations between all-cause mortality and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) acquisition risk groups among people without HIV in the United States.

Methods

We used data from 23,657 (NHANES) participants (2001-2014) and the Linked Mortality File to classify individuals without known HIV into HIV acquisition risk groups: people who ever injected drugs (ever-PWID); men who have sex with men (MSM); heterosexually active people at increased risk for HIV (HIH), using low income as a proxy for increased risk. We used Cox proportional hazards models to estimate adjusted and unadjusted all-cause mortality hazard ratios (HR) with 95% confidence intervals (CI).

Results

Compared with sex-specific heterosexually active people at average risk for HIV (HA

SUBMITTER: Shebl FM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10434931 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature