Open AccessThe Impact of Kidney Function at Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy Initiation on Mortality in HIV-Infected Women
Author(s) -
Michelle M. Estrella,
Rulan S. Parekh,
Alison G. Abraham,
Brad C. Astor,
Lynda A. Szczech,
Kathryn Anastos,
Jack DeHovitz,
Daniel Merenstein,
Celeste Leigh Pearce,
Phyllis C. Tien,
Mardge H. Cohen,
Stephen J. Gange
Publication year - 2010
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.0b013e3181e674f4
Subject(s) - hazard ratio , medicine , renal function , serostatus , kidney disease , confidence interval , population , proportional hazards model , immunology , viral load , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , environmental health
In the early highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) era, kidney dysfunction was strongly associated with death among HIV-infected individuals. We re-examined this association in the later HAART period to determine whether chronic kidney disease remains a predictor of death after HAART initiation.