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SUBMITTER: Marshall BDL
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5596310 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Marshall Brandon D L BDL Tate Janet P JP McGinnis Kathleen A KA Bryant Kendall J KJ Cook Robert L RL Edelman E Jennifer EJ Gaither Julie R JR Kahler Christopher W CW Operario Don D Fiellin David A DA Justice Amy C AC
AIDS (London, England) 20170601 9
<h4>Objective</h4>We examined the relationship between alcohol use trajectories and HIV disease severity among men and women participating in the Veterans Aging Cohort Study (VACS).<h4>Design</h4>Prospective cohort of HIV-infected persons in care at eight US Veterans Health Administration sites.<h4>Methods</h4>Between 2002 and 2010, we assessed alcohol consumption annually using the alcohol use disorders identification test-consumption (AUDIT-C). HIV disease severity was ascertained using the VA ...[more]