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Closing the Gap: Increases in Life Expectancy among Treated HIV-Positive Individuals in the United States and Canada
PLoS ONE · 2013 · Vol. 8(12) · pp. e81355–e81355
Hasina Samji(AIDS Vancouver)Angela Cescon(AIDS Vancouver)Robert S. Hogg✉(University of British Columbia)Sharada P. Modur(Johns Hopkins University)Keri N. Althoff(Johns Hopkins University)Kate Buchacz(Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)Ann N. Burchell(Ontario HIV Treatment Network)Mardge H. Cohen(Cook County Health and Hospitals System)Kelly A. Gebo(Johns Hopkins University)M. John Gill(University of Calgary)Amy C. Justice(VA Connecticut Healthcare System)Gregory D. Kirk(Johns Hopkins University)Marina B. Klein(McGill University)P. Todd Korthuis(Oregon Health & Science University)Jeff Martin(University of California, San Francisco)Sonia Napravnik(University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill)Sean B. Rourke(Ontario HIV Treatment Network)Timothy R. Sterling(Vanderbilt University)Michael J. Silverberg(Kaiser Permanente)Steven G. Deeks(University of California, San Francisco)Lisa P. Jacobson(Johns Hopkins University)Ronald J. Bosch(Harvard University Press)Mari M. Kitahata(University of Washington)James J. Goedert(National Institutes of Health)Richard D. Moore(Johns Hopkins University)Stephen J. Gange(Johns Hopkins University)
Abstract
A 20-year-old HIV-positive adult on ART in the U.S. or Canada is expected to live into their early 70 s, a life expectancy approaching that of the general population. Differences by sex, race, HIV transmission risk group, and CD4 count remain.
HIV/AIDS Research and InterventionsHIV-related health complications and treatmentsHIV Research and TreatmentLife expectancyDemographyCohortGerontologyMedicineMortality rateCensoring (clinical trials)Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)Cohort studyPsychology
MeSH terms
AdultCanadaFemaleHumansLife ExpectancyMaleMiddle AgedUnited StatesHIV InfectionsYoung Adult
Funding
- National Institutes of Health
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
- Canadian Institutes of Health Research
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