Open AccessAdolescent age is an independent risk factor for abnormal spirometry among people living with HIV in Kenya
Author(s) -
Engi F. Attia,
Elizabeth MalecheObimbo,
T. Eoin West,
Lilian Ndukwe-Wambutsi,
Catherine Kiptinness,
Anthony Cagle,
Christine J. McGrath,
Celestine K. Mugambi,
Neveen G. El Antouny,
Sherry Eskander,
Michael H. Chung,
Kristina Crothers
Publication year - 2018
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.0000000000001815
Subject(s) - spirometry , medicine , odds ratio , logistic regression , risk factor , wheeze , tuberculosis , pediatrics , asthma , pathology
As life expectancy of people living with HIV (PLWH) improves in low-income and middle-income countries (LMICs), the spectrum of HIV-related pulmonary complications may reflect a greater burden of chronic lung diseases as in high-income countries. We determined whether the risk of abnormal spirometry was greater among adolescent compared with adult PLWH at the Coptic Hope Center for Infectious Diseases in Nairobi, Kenya, and evaluated the role of other cofactors for abnormal spirometry.