Treatment outcomes of initial differential antiretroviral regimens among HIV patients in Southwest China: comparison from an observational cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

China has continued to expand antiretroviral therapy (ART) services and optimise ART guidelines in an effort to significantly reduce and prevent mortality and transmission rates among HIV patients. However, no study to date has compared treatment outcomes of initial differential antiretroviral regimens among HIV patients in a real-world setting in China. This study aimed to compare the effects of different ART regimens on treatment outcomes among adults.

Design

Observational retrospective cohort study.

Setting

Data from 2011 to 2013 in Guangxi, China.

Participants

Patients aged ≥18 years (n=25 732) were selected.

Results

A total of 25 732 patients were included in this study. The average mortality and attrition rate were 2.64 and 4.98, respect

SUBMITTER: Kang R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6475164 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature