The Veterans Aging Cohort Study (VACS) Index Predicts Mortality in a Community-recruited Cohort of People With Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) Who Use Illicit Drugs.
Clin Infect Dis
; 73(3): 538-541, 2021 08 02.
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| ID: mdl-32857842
The Veterans Aging Cohort Study (VACS) index combines commonly collected clinical biomarkers to estimate human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) disease severity. Among a prospective cohort of people living with HIV who use illicit drugs (PWUD) (n = 948), we found that the VACS index was significantly associated with mortality over a 20-year study period.
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Coleções:
01-internacional
Contexto em Saúde:
2_ODS3
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4_TD
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Veteranos
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Drogas Ilícitas
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Infecções por HIV
Tipo de estudo:
Etiology_studies
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Incidence_studies
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Observational_studies
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Prognostic_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
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Humans
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En
Revista:
Clin Infect Dis
Ano de publicação:
2021
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Article