Closing the Gap in Antiretroviral Initiation and Viral Suppression: Time Trends and Racial Disparities.

ABSTRACT:

Background

In the current antiretroviral (ART) era, the evolution of HIV guidelines and emergence of new ART agents might be expected to impact the times to ART initiation and HIV virologic suppression. We sought to determine if times to AI and virologic suppression decreased and if disparities exist by age, race/ethnicity, and HIV risk.

Methods

We performed a retrospective cohort study of data from 12 sites of the HIV Research Network, a consortium of US clinics caring for HIV-infected patients. HIV-infected adults (≥18 year old) newly presenting for care between 2003 and 2013 were included in this study. Times to AI and virologic suppression were defined as time from enrollment to AI and HIV RNA <400 copies per milliliter, respectively. We conducted time-to-event analyses

SUBMITTER: Haines CF 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5119893 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature