TY - JOUR
T1 - Survival after AIDS diagnosis in Italy, 1999-2006
T2 - A population-based study
AU - Serraino, Diego
AU - Zucchetto, Antonella
AU - Suligoi, Barbara
AU - Bruzzone, Silvia
AU - Camoni, Laura
AU - Boros, Stefano
AU - Paoli, Angela De
AU - Maso, Luigino Dal
AU - Franceschi, Silvia
AU - Rezza, Giovanni
PY - 2009/9
Y1 - 2009/9
N2 - OBJECTIVES: To provide survival estimates of Italian people with AIDS (PWA) in the highly active antiretroviral therapy era and to identify prognostic factors at diagnosis and illnesses present at death. DESIGN: Longitudinal study with all-cause mortality as end point. METHODS: The vital status and illnesses present at death of the 9662 Italian PWA diagnosed from 1999 to 2005 were evaluated through a record linkage with the Italian mortality database. The survival was estimated through Kaplan-Meier method, whereas hazard ratios were computed to identify prognostic factors in the first 12 months or later. RESULTS: 80.6% of PWA survived 1 year, 75.2% 2 years, and 66.4% 5 years. Elevated death risks emerged among older individuals, injection drug users, and those with a CD4 cell count
AB - OBJECTIVES: To provide survival estimates of Italian people with AIDS (PWA) in the highly active antiretroviral therapy era and to identify prognostic factors at diagnosis and illnesses present at death. DESIGN: Longitudinal study with all-cause mortality as end point. METHODS: The vital status and illnesses present at death of the 9662 Italian PWA diagnosed from 1999 to 2005 were evaluated through a record linkage with the Italian mortality database. The survival was estimated through Kaplan-Meier method, whereas hazard ratios were computed to identify prognostic factors in the first 12 months or later. RESULTS: 80.6% of PWA survived 1 year, 75.2% 2 years, and 66.4% 5 years. Elevated death risks emerged among older individuals, injection drug users, and those with a CD4 cell count
KW - AIDS-defining illnesses
KW - Cancer
KW - HAART
KW - Italy
KW - Non AIDS-defining deaths
KW - Survival
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U2 - 10.1097/QAI.0b013e3181a4f663
DO - 10.1097/QAI.0b013e3181a4f663
M3 - Article
C2 - 19448558
AN - SCOPUS:67651117655
VL - 52
SP - 99
EP - 105
JO - Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes
JF - Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes
SN - 1525-4135
IS - 1
ER -