Impact of Race/ Ethnicity on Survival among HIV-Infected Patients in Care
Author: Lopez, G.
Date Published: 2009
This paper intends to determine the prognostic influence of race/ethnicity on survival among patients infected with HIV infection. This was a retrospective cohort study among 870 HIV-infected patients attending a Midwestern academic medical center. The study determined individual characteristics that were predictive of survival by using log rank tests and multivariate analysis models, after adjusting for known predictors of outcome. In conclusion, there was a large disparity in survival, with African Americans with advanced disease more likely to die than whites. This finding was not explained by socioeconomic status or other cofounder.
Date Published: 2009
This paper intends to determine the prognostic influence of race/ethnicity on survival among patients infected with HIV infection. This was a retrospective cohort study among 870 HIV-infected patients attending a Midwestern academic medical center. The study determined individual characteristics that were predictive of survival by using log rank tests and multivariate analysis models, after adjusting for known predictors of outcome. In conclusion, there was a large disparity in survival, with African Americans with advanced disease more likely to die than whites. This finding was not explained by socioeconomic status or other cofounder.
