Open AccessImpact of Age on Retention in Care and Viral Suppression
Author(s) -
Baligh R. Yehia,
Peter F Rebeiro,
Keri N. Althoff,
Allison L. Agwu,
Michael A. Horberg,
Hasina Samji,
Sonia Napravnik,
Kenneth H. Mayer,
Ellen Tedaldi,
Michael J. Silverberg,
Jennifer E. Thorne,
Ann Burchell,
Sean B. Rourke,
Anita Rachlis,
Ángel M. Mayor,
M John Gill,
Anne Zinski,
Michael Ohl,
Kathryn Anastos,
Alison G. Abraham,
Mari M. Kitahata,
Richard D. Moore,
Kelly A. Gebo
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.162
H-Index - 157
eISSN - 1944-7884
pISSN - 1525-4135
DOI - 10.1097/qai.0000000000000489
Subject(s) - medicine , confidence interval , poisson regression , viral load , young adult , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , antiretroviral therapy , cross sectional study , demography , immunology , population , environmental health , pathology , sociology
Retention in care is important for all HIV-infected persons and is strongly associated with initiation of antiretroviral therapy and viral suppression. However, it is unclear how retention in care and age interact to affect viral suppression. We evaluated whether the association between retention and viral suppression differed by age at entry into care.