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SUBMITTER: Singh K
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6778696 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Singh Kanal K Chander Geetanjali G Lau Bryan B Edwards Jessie K JK Moore Richard D RD Lesko Catherine R CR
AIDS and behavior 20191201 12
High mortality rates among persons with HIV with a history of injection drug use (PWID) are thought to be driven in part by higher rates of external cause-related mortality. We followed 4796 persons aged 18-70 engaged in continuity HIV care from 2001 to 2015 until death or administrative censoring. We compared cause-specific (csHR) and subdistribution hazards (sdHR) of death due to external causes among PWID and persons who acquired their HIV infection through other routes (non-IDU). We standard ...[more]