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Predictors of mortality among women with AIDS in Illinois, USA.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  19710335     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
Population-based surveillance data can help guide research priorities and plan programmes to prevent death among women with AIDS. We describe the predictors of mortality among women diagnosed with AIDS in Illinois, USA. Using the HIV/AIDS Reporting System), we identified 1944 adult women who were diagnosed with AIDS during January 1999-December 2004. The proportion of women who died within one year of diagnosis of AIDS declined from 97% in 1999 to 12% in 2005. Multivariate analysis indicated that age >or=45 years, intravenous drug use, diagnosis of clinical AIDS and hospitalization at the time of AIDS diagnosis were significant predictors of death among women with AIDS. The number of women who died soon after diagnosis with AIDS declined substantially. Nevertheless, prevention programmes designed to improve survival among women with AIDS should emphasize early diagnosis and referral for care in an effort to prevent first diagnosis with clinical AIDS during hospitalization.
Authors:
S M Borchardt; V Haufle; E E Whitaker; M S Dworkin
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article; Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.    
Journal Detail:
Title:  International journal of STD & AIDS     Volume:  20     ISSN:  0956-4624     ISO Abbreviation:  -     Publication Date:  2009 Sep 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2009-08-27     Completed Date:  2009-10-06     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  9007917     Medline TA:  Int J STD AIDS     Country:  England    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  623-7     Citation Subset:  IM; X    
Affiliation:
Division of Infectious Diseases, Illinois Department of Public Health, Chicago, USA. stephanie.borchardt@va.gov
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / ethnology,  mortality*
Adolescent
Adult
Age Factors
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Female
Humans
Illinois / epidemiology
Middle Aged
Grant Support
ID/Acronym/Agency:
U60/CCU007277//PHS HHS

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