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Anaemia is an independent predictive marker for clinical prognosis in HIV-infected patients from across Europe
AIDS · 1999 · Vol. 13(8) · pp. 943–950
Amanda Mocroft✉(University College London)Ole Kirk(Hvidovre Hospital)Simon Barton(Chelsea and Westminster Hospital)Manfred Dietrich(Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine)Rui Proença(Hospital Curry Cabral)Robert Colebunders(Instituut voor Tropische Geneeskunde)Cristian Pradier(Hôpital l'Archet)Antonella d‚Arminio Monforte(Luigi Sacco Hospital)Bruno Ledergerber(University Hospital of Zurich)Jens Lundgren(Hvidovre Hospital)
Abstract
Severe anaemia occurred infrequently among these patients but was associated with a much faster rate of disease progression. Among patients with similar CD4 lymphocyte counts and viral load, the latest value of haemoglobin was a strong independent prognostic marker for death.
HIV/AIDS Research and InterventionsHIV-related health complications and treatmentsHIV Research and TreatmentMedicineHazard ratioInternal medicineProportional hazards modelConfidence intervalProspective cohort studyAnemiaGastroenterology
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AdolescentAdultAnemiaEuropeFemaleHemoglobinsHIVHumansMaleMiddle AgedPrognosisProspective StudiesCohort StudiesHIV InfectionsProportional Hazards Models
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