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SUBMITTER: Justice AC
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3619393 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Justice Amy C AC Modur Sharada P SP Tate Janet P JP Althoff Keri N KN Jacobson Lisa P LP Gebo Kelly A KA Kitahata Mari M MM Horberg Michael A MA Brooks John T JT Buchacz Kate K Rourke Sean B SB Rachlis Anita A Napravnik Sonia S Eron Joseph J Willig James H JH Moore Richard R Kirk Gregory D GD Bosch Ronald R Rodriguez Benigno B Hogg Robert S RS Thorne Jennifer J Goedert James J JJ Klein Marina M Gill John J Deeks Steven S Sterling Timothy R TR Anastos Kathryn K Gange Stephen J SJ
Journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes (1999) 20130201 2
<h4>Background</h4>By supplementing an index composed of HIV biomarkers and age (restricted index) with measures of organ injury, the Veterans Aging Cohort Study (VACS) index more completely reflects risk of mortality. We compare the accuracy of the VACS and restricted indices (1) among subjects outside the Veterans Affairs Healthcare System, (2) more than 1-5 years of prior exposure to antiretroviral therapy (ART), and (3) within important patient subgroups.<h4>Methods</h4>We used data from 13 ...[more]