Smoking habits in HIV-infected people compared with the general population in Italy: a cross-sectional study.

ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND:Tobacco use is a leading cause of preventable diseases and death for all individuals, even more so for people living with HIV (PLWH), due to their status of chronic inflammation. To date, in Italy no study was performed to compare smoking habits in PLWH and the general population. We aimed to investigate smoking habits in PLWH, as compared to the general population. METHODS:Multi-center cross-sectional study. Smoking habits were compared between PLWH and the general population. PLWH were enrolled in the STOPSHIV Study. The comparison group from the general population was derived from a survey performed by the National Statistics Institute (ISTAT), with a stratified random sampling procedure matching 2:1 general population subjects with PLWH by age class, sex, and macro-area of r

SUBMITTER: De Socio GV 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7238525 | biostudies-literature | 2020 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature