TY - JOUR
T1 - Increased mortality among publicly insured participants in the HIV Outpatient Study despite HAART treatment
AU - Palella, Frank J.
AU - Baker, Rose K.
AU - Buchacz, Kate
AU - Chmiel, Joan S.
AU - Tedaldi, Ellen M.
AU - Novak, Richard M.
AU - Durham, Marcus D.
AU - Brooks, John T.
PY - 2011/9/24
Y1 - 2011/9/24
N2 - OBJECTIVE: Understanding mortality differences among HIV-infected patients can focus efforts to improve survival. DESIGN: We evaluated death rates, causes, and associated factors among treated patients in the HIV Outpatient Study (HOPS), a large, prospective, multicenter observational cohort of HIV-infected persons seen at a diverse set of US sites of care. METHODS: Among 3754 HOPS participants seen during 1996-2007 with at least 6 months of follow-up after initiating HAART and receiving HAART at least 75% of time under observation ('substantially treated'), we calculated hazard ratios for death using proportional hazards regression models. We also examined death causes and comorbidities among decedents. RESULTS: Substantially treated participants, followed a median 4.7 years (interquartile range, 2.2-8.5), experienced 331 deaths. In multivariable analyses, higher mortality was associated with an index CD4cell count less than200cells/μl [adjusted hazard ratio (aHR), 2.86; 95% confidence interval (CI) 1.95-4.21], older age (aHR, 1.50 per 10 years; 95% CI 1.33-1.70), log10HIV RNA (aHR, 1.67 per log10; 95% CI 1.51-1.85), but not race/ethnicity (aHR, 0.99 for blacks vs. whites, P=0.92). Mortality was increased among publicly insured (PUB) vs. privately insured participants (PRV) when index CD4 cell count was at least 200 cells/μl (aHR, 2.03; 95% CI 1.32-3.14) but not when index CD4 cell count wasless than200cells/μl (aHR, 1.3, P=0.13). By death cause, PUB had significantly more cardiovascular events and hepatic disorders than PRV. Comorbidities more frequent among PUB vs. PRV decedents included cardiovascular disease, renal impairment, and chronic hepatitis. CONCLUSION: Among HAART-treated participants with CD4 cell counts at least 200cells/μl, PUB experienced higher death rates than PRV. Non-AIDS death and disease causes predominated among publicly insured decedents, suggesting that treatable comorbidities contributed to survival disparities.
AB - OBJECTIVE: Understanding mortality differences among HIV-infected patients can focus efforts to improve survival. DESIGN: We evaluated death rates, causes, and associated factors among treated patients in the HIV Outpatient Study (HOPS), a large, prospective, multicenter observational cohort of HIV-infected persons seen at a diverse set of US sites of care. METHODS: Among 3754 HOPS participants seen during 1996-2007 with at least 6 months of follow-up after initiating HAART and receiving HAART at least 75% of time under observation ('substantially treated'), we calculated hazard ratios for death using proportional hazards regression models. We also examined death causes and comorbidities among decedents. RESULTS: Substantially treated participants, followed a median 4.7 years (interquartile range, 2.2-8.5), experienced 331 deaths. In multivariable analyses, higher mortality was associated with an index CD4cell count less than200cells/μl [adjusted hazard ratio (aHR), 2.86; 95% confidence interval (CI) 1.95-4.21], older age (aHR, 1.50 per 10 years; 95% CI 1.33-1.70), log10HIV RNA (aHR, 1.67 per log10; 95% CI 1.51-1.85), but not race/ethnicity (aHR, 0.99 for blacks vs. whites, P=0.92). Mortality was increased among publicly insured (PUB) vs. privately insured participants (PRV) when index CD4 cell count was at least 200 cells/μl (aHR, 2.03; 95% CI 1.32-3.14) but not when index CD4 cell count wasless than200cells/μl (aHR, 1.3, P=0.13). By death cause, PUB had significantly more cardiovascular events and hepatic disorders than PRV. Comorbidities more frequent among PUB vs. PRV decedents included cardiovascular disease, renal impairment, and chronic hepatitis. CONCLUSION: Among HAART-treated participants with CD4 cell counts at least 200cells/μl, PUB experienced higher death rates than PRV. Non-AIDS death and disease causes predominated among publicly insured decedents, suggesting that treatable comorbidities contributed to survival disparities.
KW - HAART
KW - insurance
KW - mortality
KW - race/ethnicity
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U2 - 10.1097/QAD.0b013e32834b3537
DO - 10.1097/QAD.0b013e32834b3537
M3 - Article
C2 - 21811144
AN - SCOPUS:80052922531
SN - 0269-9370
VL - 25
SP - 1865
EP - 1876
JO - AIDS
JF - AIDS
IS - 15
ER -
