Incidence of stroke in patients with HIV infection: A population-based study in Taiwan.

ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND:Few studies have evaluated whether people infected with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) are at an increased risk of stroke in an Asian population. We investigated the association between HIV infection and the risk of developing stroke by age, calendar year of HIV diagnosis, and follow-up duration in Taiwan. METHODS:Using the claims data of a universal health insurance program, we identified 5,961 patients with HIV and 23,844 matched non-HIV subjects without previous stroke from 1998 to 2005 and followed them up until the end of 2011 to measure the incidence of stroke. Cox proportional hazards models adjusted for potential confounders were used to estimate hazard ratios (HR) and 95% confidence intervals (CI), with the non-HIV group as reference. RESULTS:During a median follow-

SUBMITTER: Lin HL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6530842 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature