Heart Failure Outcomes and Associated Factors Among Veterans With Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

This study sought to investigate outcomes of heart failure (HF) in veterans living with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV).

Background

Data on outcomes of HF among people living with human immunodeficiency virus (PLHIV) are limited.

Methods

We performed a retrospective cohort study of Veterans Health Affairs data to investigate outcomes of HF in PLHIV. We identified 5,747 HIV+ veterans with diagnosis of HF from 2000 to 2018 and 33,497 HIV- frequency-matched controls were included. Clinical outcomes included all-cause mortality, HF hospital admission, and all-cause hospital admission.

Results

Compared with HIV- veterans with HF, HIV+ veterans with HF were more likely to be black (56% vs. 14%), be smokers (52% vs. 29%), use alcohol (32% vs. 13%) or dru

SUBMITTER: Erqou S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9019736 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature