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ABSTRACT: Objectives
To define the incidence of clinically detected coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in people with HIV (PWH) in the United States and evaluate how racial and ethnic disparities, comorbidities, and HIV-related factors contribute to risk of COVID-19.Design
Observational study within the CFAR Network of Integrated Clinical Systems cohort in seven cities during 2020.Methods
We calculated cumulative incidence rates of COVID-19 diagnosis among PWH in routine care by key characteristics including race/ethnicity, current and lowest CD4+ cell count, and geographic area. We evaluated risk factors for COVID-19 among PWH using relative risk regression models adjusted with disease risk scores.Results
Among 16 056 PWH in care, of whom 44.5% were black, 12.5% were Hispanic, with a median age of 52 years (IQR 40-59), 18% had a current CD4+ cell count less than 350 cells/μl, including 7% less than 200; 95.5% were on antiretroviral therapy (ART), and 85.6% were virologically suppressed. Overall in 2020, 649 PWH were diagnosed with COVID-19 for a rate of 4.94 cases per 100 person-years. The cumulative incidence of COVID-19 was 2.4-fold and 1.7-fold higher in Hispanic and black PWH respectively, than non-Hispanic white PWH. In adjusted analyses, factors associated with COVID-19 included female sex, Hispanic or black identity, lowest historical CD4+ cell count less than 350 cells/μl (proxy for CD4+ nadir), current low CD4+ : CD8+ ratio, diabetes, and obesity.Conclusion
Our results suggest that the presence of structural racial inequities above and beyond medical comorbidities increased the risk of COVID-19 among PWH. PWH with immune exhaustion as evidenced by lowest historical CD4+ cell count or current low CD4+ : CD8+ ratio had greater risk of COVID-19.
SUBMITTER: Bender Ignacio RA
PROVIDER: S-EPMC9273020 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jul
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Bender Ignacio Rachel A RA Shapiro Adrienne E AE Nance Robin M RM Whitney Bridget M BM Delaney Joseph A C JAC Bamford Laura L Wooten Darcy D Karris Maile Y MY Mathews William C WC Kim Hyang Nina HN Keruly Jeanne J Burkholder Greer G Napravnik Sonia S Mayer Kenneth H KH Jacobson Jeffrey J Saag Michael M Moore Richard D RD Eron Joseph J JJ Willig Amanda L AL Christopoulos Katerina A KA Martin Jeffrey J Hunt Peter W PW Crane Heidi M HM Kitahata Mari M MM Cachay Edward R ER
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<h4>Objectives</h4>To define the incidence of clinically detected coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in people with HIV (PWH) in the United States and evaluate how racial and ethnic disparities, comorbidities, and HIV-related factors contribute to risk of COVID-19.<h4>Design</h4>Observational study within the CFAR Network of Integrated Clinical Systems cohort in seven cities during 2020.<h4>Methods</h4>We calculated cumulative incidence rates of COVID-19 diagnosis among PWH in routine care by k ...[more]