Effect of Traditional Chinese Medicine Therapy on the Trend in CD4⁺ T-Cell Counts among Patients with HIV/AIDS Treated with Antiretroviral Therapy: A Retrospective Cohort Study.

ABSTRACT: This retrospective cohort study was conducted to explore the effect of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) therapy on the long-term trends in CD4⁺ T-cell count among patients with human immunodeficiency virus/acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (HIV/AIDS) who were treated with combined antiretroviral therapy (cART) over a 14-year period. A total of 721 individuals were treated with cART alone (cART group), and 307 individuals were treated with both cART and TCM (TCM + cART group). Among all enrolled patients with HIV/AIDS, 99.5% were farmers, 71.1% had more than 6 years of education, and 96.8% were infected with HIV via a paid blood donation. For those patients with HIV/AIDS who had a baseline CD4⁺ T-cell count of <350 cells/mL, the CD4⁺ T-cell count tended t

SUBMITTER: Wang D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8302365 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature