Open AccessLong-Term Patterns in CD4 Response Are Determined by an Interaction Between Baseline CD4 Cell Count, Viral Load, and Time: The Asia Pacific HIV Observational Database (APHOD)
Author(s) -
Sam Egger,
Kathy Petoumenos,
Adeeba Kamarulzaman,
Jennifer Hoy,
Somnuek Sungkanuparph,
John Chuah,
Kathleen Falster,
Jialun Zhou,
Matthew Law
Publication year - 2009
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.0b013e31819906d3
Subject(s) - cart , viral load , medicine , coinfection , observational study , immunology , confidence interval , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , mechanical engineering , engineering
Random effects models were used to explore how the shape of CD4 cell count responses after commencing combination antiretroviral therapy (cART) develop over time and, in particular, the role of baseline and follow-up covariates.