Prevalence of non-HIV cancer risk factors in persons living with HIV/AIDS: a meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

The burden of cancer among persons living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA) is substantial and increasing. We assessed the prevalence of modifiable cancer risk factors among adult PLWHA in Western high-income countries since 2000.

Design

Meta-analysis.

Methods

We searched PubMed to identify articles published in 2011-2013 reporting prevalence of smoking, alcohol consumption, overweight/obesity, and infection with human papillomavirus (HPV), hepatitis C virus (HCV) and hepatitis B virus (HBV) among PLWHA. We conducted random effects meta-analyses of prevalence for each risk factor, including estimation of overall, sex-specific, and HIV-transmission-group-specific prevalence. We compared prevalence in PLWHA with published prevalence estimates in US adults.

Results

SUBMITTER: Park LS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4689318 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature