Mortality and losses to follow-up among adolescents living with HIV in the IeDEA global cohort collaboration.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

We assessed mortality and losses to follow-up (LTFU) during adolescence in routine care settings in the International epidemiology Databases to Evaluate AIDS (IeDEA) consortium.

Methods

Cohorts in the Asia-Pacific, the Caribbean, Central, and South America, and sub-Saharan Africa (Central, East, Southern, West) contributed data, and included adolescents living with HIV (ALHIV) enrolled from January 2003 and aged 10 to 19 years (period of adolescence) while under care up to database closure (June 2016). Follow-up started at age 10 years or the first clinic visit, whichever was later. Entering care at <15 years was a proxy for perinatal infection, while entering care ≥15 years represented infection acquired during adolescence. Competing risk regression was used to

SUBMITTER: Kariminia A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6291755 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature