Increasing incidence of ischemic stroke in patients with HIV infection.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Large-scale epidemiologic data on stroke in HIV-infected persons are scarce, especially in an era of combination antiretroviral therapies, which have prolonged patient survival, but may boost stroke risk. We assessed trends in the proportion of HIV infection among patients with stroke in the United States.

Methods

Data were obtained from all states within the United States that contributed to the Nationwide Inpatient Sample. All patients admitted to hospitals between 1997 and 2006 with a primary discharge diagnosis of stroke (identified by the International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision procedure codes) were included. Time trends in the proportion of these patients with HIV diagnosis were computed, and independent predictors of comorbid HIV diagnosis

SUBMITTER: Ovbiagele B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3034413 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature