Effect of antiretroviral therapy initiation time and baseline CD4+ cell counts on AIDS-related mortality among former plasma donors in China: a 21-year retrospective cohort study

Effect of antiretroviral therapy initiation time and baseline CD4+ cell counts on AIDS-related mortality among former plasma donors in China: a 21-year retrospective cohort study

Background The conventional survival analysis model on HIV/AIDS prognosis is the Cox proportional hazard model, which deals with only one event type, death, regardless of the cause. Few studies have used a competing risk model to evaluate the predictors of AIDS-related mortality. Objective To estima...

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Main Authors: Yongli Yang, Yang Li, Xuening Zhang, Weiping Zhang, Yanmin Ma, Xiaocan Jia, Theodore Gondwe, Yuping Wang, Xuezhong Shi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2021-01-01
Series:Global Health Action
Subjects:
hiv/aids
antiretroviral therapy
treatment initiation
cd4+ cell counts
competing risk model
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/16549716.2021.1963527

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/16549716.2021.1963527

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