Prevalence of anaemia and the associated factors among hospitalised people living with HIV receiving antiretroviral therapy in Southwest China: a cross-sectional study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To estimate anaemia prevalence and the associated factors among hospitalised people living with HIV (PLHIV) receiving antiretroviral therapy (ART).

Design

A cross-sectional study.

Setting

PLHIV receiving ART and hospitalised in a specialised hospital for infectious disease in Guizhou Province, Southwest China, between 1 January 2018 and 31 March 2021.

Participants

A total of 6959 hospitalised PLHIV aged ≥18 years and receiving ART were included in this study.

Primary and secondary outcome measures

Anaemia was diagnosed as a haemoglobin concentration <120 g/L for non-pregnant females and <130 g/L for males. Mild, moderate and severe anaemia were diagnosed as below the gender-specific lower limit of normal but ≥110 g/L, 80-110 g/L and <80 g/L, r

SUBMITTER: Cao G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9297216 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature