Comparison of dementia risk after age 50 between individuals with and without HIV infection.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To compare risk of dementia after age 50 by HIV status among individuals in a primary care setting.

Design

Observational cohort study; participants were identified from 2013 to 2017 and followed through 2019.

Methods

Participants were people with HIV (PWH) on antiretroviral therapy (ART) and demographically similar people without HIV (PWOH), all at least 50 years old and with no prior diagnosis of dementia. The study setting was Kaiser Permanente Northern California, an integrated healthcare delivery system in the United States. Incident dementia diagnoses and baseline data on sociodemographics, smoking, alcohol use, other substance use, and clinical factors were gathered from the electronic health record. Cumulative proportion of incident dementia by HIV st

SUBMITTER: Lam JO 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7969394 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature