Open AccessThe relationship of physical performance with HIV disease and mortality
Author(s) -
Meredith Greene,
Kenneth E. Covinsky,
Jacquie Astemborski,
Damani A. Piggott,
Todd T. Brown,
Sean X. Leng,
Noya Galai,
Shruti H. Mehta,
Jack M. Guralnik,
Kushang V. Patel,
Gregory D. Kirk
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
aids
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.195
H-Index - 216
eISSN - 1473-5571
pISSN - 0269-9370
DOI - 10.1097/qad.0000000000000507
Subject(s) - hazard ratio , medicine , confidence interval , odds ratio , prospective cohort study , cohort , cohort study , proportional hazards model , multicenter aids cohort study , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , immunology , sida , viral disease
To evaluate whether HIV infection was associated with reduced physical performance, and to examine if reduced physical performance predicted mortality in our aging cohort of HIV-infected and HIV-uninfected persons.