Elderly HIV-positive women: A gender-based analysis from the Multicenter Italian "GEPPO" Cohort.

ABSTRACT:

Background

HIV-positive patients are facing age-and disease-related comorbidities. Since gender differences in viro-immunological, clinical and therapeutic features have been described, aim of this analysis was to explore such differences in elderly HIV-positive females compared to males coming from the same cohort.

Design

Cross-sectional study.

Setting

Ten Infectious Diseases Center participating to a new multicenter Italian geriatric Cohort aiming at describing health transition over time in HIV-positive individuals.

Participants

HIV-positive patients aged ≥65 years old.

Measurements

We recorded clinical, viro-immunological and therapeutical data.

Results

We included 210 women (17%) out of 1237 patients. Compared to males, elderly females were l

SUBMITTER: Foca E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6797206 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature