Relationship between food insecurity and smoking status among women living with and at risk for HIV in the USA: a cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

People living with HIV (PLHIV) in the USA, particularly women, have a higher prevalence of food insecurity than the general population. Cigarette smoking among PLHIV is common (42%), and PLHIV are 6-13 times more likely to die from lung cancer than AIDS-related causes. This study sought to investigate the associations between food security status and smoking status and severity among a cohort of predominantly low-income women of colour living with and without HIV in the USA.

Design

Women enrolled in an ongoing longitudinal cohort study from 2013 to 2015.

Setting

Nine participating sites across the USA.

Participants

2553 participants enrolled in the Food Insecurity Sub-Study of the Women's Interagency HIV Study, a multisite cohort study of US women li

SUBMITTER: Sheira LA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8422493 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature