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SUBMITTER: May MT
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3535877 | biostudies-other | 2012 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
May Margaret T MT Hogg Robert S RS Justice Amy C AC Shepherd Bryan E BE Costagliola Dominique D Ledergerber Bruno B Thiébaut Rodolphe R Gill M John MJ Kirk Ole O van Sighem Ard A Saag Michael S MS Navarro Gemma G Sobrino-Vegas Paz P Lampe Fiona F Ingle Suzanne S Guest Jodie L JL Crane Heidi M HM D'Arminio Monforte Antonella A Vehreschild Jörg J JJ Sterne Jonathan A C JA
International journal of epidemiology 20121112 6
<h4>Background</h4>HIV cohort collaborations, which pool data from diverse patient cohorts, have provided key insights into outcomes of antiretroviral therapy (ART). However, the extent of, and reasons for, between-cohort heterogeneity in rates of AIDS and mortality are unclear.<h4>Methods</h4>We obtained data on adult HIV-positive patients who started ART from 1998 without a previous AIDS diagnosis from 17 cohorts in North America and Europe. Patients were followed up from 1 month to 2 years af ...[more]