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Werekuu A, Ayisi-Boateng NK, Tagoe N, Opoku DA, Barnie B, Twumasi GK, Boadu YT, So-Armah K, Tawiah P. KNUST aging and human immunodeficiency virus outcomes-Study protocol. PLoS One 2024; 19:e0307719. [PMID: 39150927 PMCID: PMC11329140 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0307719] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/02/2024] [Accepted: 07/08/2024] [Indexed: 08/18/2024] Open
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INTRODUCTION Globally, 7 million people with HIV (PWH) aged over 50 years exist. 5 million of them live in sub-Saharan Africa, the epicenter of the HIV epidemic. In Ghana, every 1 in 6 PWH is aged over 50 years. However, access to geriatric health care is grossly limited in Ghana and the sub-Saharan Africa region. This has resulted in a lack of focus on geriatric syndromes, a multi-factorial clinical condition common in older PWH, that do not fit discrete disease categories. Consequently, this gap threatens the life expectancy for aging PWH, necessitating the need to promptly fill it. The KNUST Aging and HIV Outcomes (KAHO) study will help identify priorities and opportunities for developing an effective integrated model of HIV and geriatric healthcare in Ghana. METHODS AND ANALYSIS The KAHO study will recruit 151 PWH aged 50 years and older at the Infectious Disease Unit (IDU) of the University Hospital, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST). The study will be conducted over a 2-year period and participants will be seen at months 0, 6 and 12. Participants at each visit will be taken through assessments and questionnaires on geriatric health, cognition, social vulnerability, HIV-related conditions and they will provide biospecimens for laboratory testing. We will also conduct semi-structured qualitative interviews of PWH, healthcare providers, policy makers and study research assistants. Quantitative data will be analyzed using one sample proportion test and linear regression models appropriately. The Levesque's framework will be used as a guide to analyze qualitative data.
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- Alex Werekuu
- Department of General Internal Medicine, Boston Medical Center, Boston, MA, United States of America
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- Department of Medicine, School of Medicine and Dentistry, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana
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- Office of Grants and Research, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana
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- School of Public Health, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana
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- School of Public Health, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana
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- Department of General Internal Medicine, Boston Medical Center, Boston, MA, United States of America
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- Department of Medicine, School of Medicine and Dentistry, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana
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McGee DM, Cotter AG. HIV and fracture: Risk, assessment and intervention. HIV Med 2024; 25:511-528. [PMID: 38087902 DOI: 10.1111/hiv.13596] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/28/2023] [Accepted: 11/17/2023] [Indexed: 05/09/2024]
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OBJECTIVES With management of comorbidity in people living with HIV (PLWH) a key component of clinical care, early loss of bone integrity and clinical fracture are recognized as important issues. This review aims to describe the epidemiology of fracture in PLWH, as well as summarizing the relative balance of factors that contribute to fracture. We also aim to describe fracture risk assessment and interventional strategies to modify the risk of fracture in this population. RESULTS Data from recent meta-analyses show that PLWH have significantly more fractures than the general population, with men and injecting drug users at higher risk. Modifiable factors that contribute to fracture risk in this cohort include body mass index (BMI), drug use, concurrent medications, frailty, and hepatitis C virus infection. Relating to antiretroviral therapy, current or ever tenofovir exposure has been identified as predictive of fracture but not cumulative use, and a potentially modest protective effect of efavirenz has been observed. Fracture Risk Assessment Tool scores underestimate fracture risk in PLWH with improved accuracy when HIV is considered a cause of secondary osteoporosis and bone mineral density (BMD) included. CONCLUSION Early consideration of risk, prompting evaluation of modifiable risk factors, frailty and falls risk with bone density imaging and prompt intervention may avert fracture in PLWH. Guidance on screening and lifestyle modification is available in international guidelines. Bisphosphonates are safe and effective in PLWH, with limited data for other agents.
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- D M McGee
- Department of Infectious Diseases, Mater Misericordiae University Hospital, Dublin, Republic of Ireland
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, Mater Misericordiae University Hospital, Dublin, Republic of Ireland
- UCD Centre for Experimental Pathogen Host Research (CEPHR), University College Dublin, Dublin, Republic of Ireland
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McGinnis KA, Justice AC, Marconi VC, Rodriguez-Barradas MC, Hauser RG, Oursler KK, Brown ST, Bryant KJ, Tate JP. Combining Charlson comorbidity and VACS indices improves prognostic accuracy for all-cause mortality for patients with and without HIV in the Veterans Health Administration. Front Med (Lausanne) 2024; 10:1342466. [PMID: 38356736 PMCID: PMC10864663 DOI: 10.3389/fmed.2023.1342466] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/21/2023] [Accepted: 12/31/2023] [Indexed: 02/16/2024] Open
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Introduction As people age with HIV (PWH), many comorbid diseases are more common than among age matched comparators without HIV (PWoH). While the Veterans Aging Cohort (VACS) Index 2.0 accurately predicts mortality in PWH using age and clinical biomarkers, the only included comorbidity is hepatitis C. We asked whether adding comorbid disease groupings from the Charlson Comorbidity Index (CCI) improves the accuracy of VACS Index. Methods To maximize our ability to model mortality among older age groups, we began with PWoH in Veterans Health Administration (VA) from 2007-2017, divided into development and validation samples. Baseline predictors included age, and components of CCI and VACS Index (excluding CD4 count and HIV RNA). Patients were followed until December 31, 2021. We used Cox models to develop the VACS-CCI score and estimated mortality using a parametric (gamma) survival model. We compared accuracy using C-statistics and calibration curves in validation overall and within subgroups (gender, age ≥65 years, race/ethnicity, and CCI score). We then applied VACS-CCI in PWH and compared its accuracy to age, VACS Index 2.0, CCI and VACS-CCI with CD4 and HIV RNA added. Results The analytic sample consisted of 6,588,688 PWoH and 30,539 PWH. Among PWoH/PWH, median age was 65/55 years; 6%/3% were women; 15%/48% were Black and 5%/7% Hispanic. VACS-CCI provided the best discrimination (C-statistic = 0.81) with excellent calibration (predicted and observed mortality largely overlapped) overall and within subgroups. When VACS-CCI was applied to PWH it demonstrated similar discrimination as VACS Index 2.0 (C-statistic = 0.77 for both) but superior calibration among those with CD4 < 200. Discrimination was improved when CD4 and HIV RNA were added VACS-CCI (C-statistic = 0.79). Liver and kidney disease, congestive heart failure, malignancy, and dementia were negatively associated with CD4 (p-trends all <0.0001). Discussion Among PWH and PWoH in VA care, age alone weakly discriminates risk of mortality. VACS Index 2.0, CCI, and VACS-CCI all provide better discrimination, but VACS-CCI is more consistently calibrated. The association of comorbid diseases with lower CD4 underscores the likely role of HIV in non-AIDS conditions. Future work will include adding CD4 and HIV RNA to VACS-CCI and validating it in independent data.
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- VA Connecticut Healthcare System, West Haven, CT, United States
- Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, United States
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- The Atlanta Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Emory University School of Medicine and Rollins School of Public Health, Atlanta, GA, United States
- VA Medical Center, Decatur, GA, United States
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- Infectious Diseases Section, Michael E. DeBakey Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Houston, TX, United States
- Department of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, United States
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- VA Connecticut Healthcare System, West Haven, CT, United States
- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, United States
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine, Roanoke, VA, United States
- VA Salem Healthcare System, Salem, VA, United States
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- National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, Bethesda, MD, United States
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- VA Connecticut Healthcare System, West Haven, CT, United States
- Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, United States
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Mehta A, Halder S, Pandit S, Anuradha S. Frailty assessment: An emerging concept in aged People Living with HIV (PLHIV). J Family Med Prim Care 2023; 12:3149-3155. [PMID: 38361903 PMCID: PMC10866237 DOI: 10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_600_23] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/04/2023] [Revised: 06/11/2023] [Accepted: 06/13/2023] [Indexed: 02/17/2024] Open
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Introduction As the life expectancy of People Living with HIV (PLHIV) has improved with effective antiretroviral treatment (ART), they now face the challenges of accelerated ageing. Frailty is an emerging concept in the management of PLHIV and up to 28% of PLHIV are identified as frail. Frailty is a determinant of adverse clinical outcomes and is a complex clinical endpoint that has not been studied in India. This exploratory study was done to evaluate frailty and its determinants among PLHIV in India. Materials and Methods This was a cross-sectional study in 76 PLHIV aged 50 years or more. All the study subjects underwent a comprehensive clinical assessment. The Fried's criteria and Veterans Aging Cohort Study (VACS) Index were used to evaluate for frailty. Socio-demographic, clinical, immunological, and virological variables were assessed for their association with frailty. The study was registered under Clinical Trials Registry-India (ICMR-NIMS): REF/2019/05/025616. Results The mean age of the subjects was 56.05 ± 5.8 years (range 50-76), and males constituted 81.57% (62/76) of the subjects and majority (60.53%) were underweight. On frailty assessment, 57.89% of the PLHIV were identified as prefrail/frail. Frailty had a significant association with low CD4 count (P = 0.0001) and number of comorbidities (P = 0.017) especially when comorbidities ≥2 (P = 0.04) and polypharmacy (P = 0.033). VACS index, polypharmacy, and low CD4 count ≤200 cells/mm3 were strong predictors of frailty. On multivariate regression analysis, CD4 count ≤200 emerged as the strongest independent predictor of frailty. Conclusion The study highlighted the high prevalence of frailty and under nutrition among aged PLHIV. The study emphasizes the need for a shift away from traditional clinical endpoints to other outcome measures for a holistic approach to PLHIV.
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- Adhya Mehta
- Department of Medicine, Maulana Azad Medical College and Associated Lok Nayak Hospital, New Delhi, Delhi, India
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- Department of Medicine, Maulana Azad Medical College and Associated Lok Nayak Hospital, New Delhi, Delhi, India
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- Department of Medicine, Maulana Azad Medical College and Associated Lok Nayak Hospital, New Delhi, Delhi, India
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- Department of Medicine, Maulana Azad Medical College and Associated Lok Nayak Hospital, New Delhi, Delhi, India
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Ke Y, Hu H, Zhang J, Yuan L, Li T, Feng Y, Wu Y, Fu X, Wang M, Gao Y, Huo W, Chen Y, Zhang W, Wang L, Li X, Pang J, Zheng Z, Hu F, Zhang M, Sun L, Zhao Y, Lu J, Hu D. Alcohol Consumption and Risk of Fractures: A Systematic Review and Dose-Response Meta-Analysis of Prospective Cohort Studies. Adv Nutr 2023; 14:599-611. [PMID: 36966875 PMCID: PMC10334160 DOI: 10.1016/j.advnut.2023.03.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/14/2022] [Revised: 02/27/2023] [Accepted: 03/21/2023] [Indexed: 04/11/2023] Open
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Alcohol consumption remains inconsistently correlated with fracture risk, and a dose-response meta-analysis for specific outcomes is lacking. The objective of this study was to quantitatively integrate the data on the relationship between alcohol consumption and fracture risk. Pertinent articles were identified in PubMed, Web of Science, and Embase databases up to 20 February 2022. Combined RRs and 95% CIs were estimated by random- or fixed-effects models. Restricted cubic splines were used to model linear or nonlinear relationships. Forty-four articles covering 6,069,770 participants and 205,284 cases of fracture were included. The combined RRs and 95% CIs for highest compared with lowest alcohol consumption were 1.26 (1.17-1.37), 1.24 (1.13-1.35), and 1.20 (1.03-1.40) for total, osteoporotic, and hip fractures, respectively. A linear positive relationship between alcohol consumption and total fracture risk was detected (Pnonlinearity = 0.057); the risk was correlated with a 6% increase (RR, 1.06; 95% CI: 1.02, 1.10) per 14 g/d increment of alcohol consumption. J-shaped relationships of alcohol consumption with risk of osteoporotic fractures (Pnonlinearity < 0.001) and hip fractures (Pnonlinearity < 0.001) were found. Alcohol consumption of 0 to 22 g/d was linked to a reduced risk of osteoporotic fractures and hip fractures. Our findings show that any level of alcohol consumption is a risk factor for total fractures. Moreover, this dose-response meta-analysis shows that an alcohol consumption level of 0 to 22 g/d is related to a reduction in the risk of osteoporotic and hip fractures. The protocol was registered in the International Prospective Register of Systematic Reviews (CRD42022320623).
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- Yamin Ke
- Department of General Practice, The Affiliated Luohu Hospital of Shenzhen University Medical School, Shenzhen, Guangdong, China, 47 Youyi Road, Luohu District, Shenzhen, Guangdong, 518001, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, College of Public Health, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, Henan, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, College of Public Health, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, Henan, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, College of Public Health, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, Henan, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, College of Public Health, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, Henan, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, College of Public Health, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, Henan, People's Republic of China
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- Department of General Practice, The Affiliated Luohu Hospital of Shenzhen University Medical School, Shenzhen, Guangdong, China, 47 Youyi Road, Luohu District, Shenzhen, Guangdong, 518001, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, College of Public Health, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, Henan, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, College of Public Health, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, Henan, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, College of Public Health, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, Henan, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, College of Public Health, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, Henan, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, College of Public Health, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, Henan, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, College of Public Health, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, Henan, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, College of Public Health, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, Henan, People's Republic of China
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- Department of General Practice, The Affiliated Luohu Hospital of Shenzhen University Medical School, Shenzhen, Guangdong, China, 47 Youyi Road, Luohu District, Shenzhen, Guangdong, 518001, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Preventive Medicine, School of Public Health, Shenzhen University Medical School, ShenZhen, Guangdong, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Preventive Medicine, School of Public Health, Shenzhen University Medical School, ShenZhen, Guangdong, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Shenzhen University Medical School, Shenzhen, Guangdong, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Shenzhen University Medical School, Shenzhen, Guangdong, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Social Medicine and Health Management, College of Public Health, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, Henan, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, College of Public Health, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, Henan, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, College of Public Health, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, Henan, People's Republic of China
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- Department of General Practice, The Affiliated Luohu Hospital of Shenzhen University Medical School, Shenzhen, Guangdong, China, 47 Youyi Road, Luohu District, Shenzhen, Guangdong, 518001, People's Republic of China.
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Campbell LM, Montoya JL, Fazeli PL, Marquine MJ, Ellis RJ, Jeste DV, Moore DJ, Moore RC. Association Between VACS Index and Health-Related Quality of Life in Persons with HIV: Moderating Role of Fruit and Vegetable Consumption. Int J Behav Med 2023; 30:356-365. [PMID: 35534722 PMCID: PMC9643666 DOI: 10.1007/s12529-022-10096-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 04/21/2022] [Indexed: 01/16/2023]
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BACKGROUND The health status of people with HIV (PWH) influences their health-related quality of life (HRQOL). Modifiable lifestyle factors may improve HRQOL. This study (1) explores the association between modifiable lifestyle factors (physical activity and nutrition) and HRQOL and (2) examines if these lifestyle factors moderate the association health status and HRQOL. METHODS Participants included 91 community dwelling PWH (age 36-65 years) from the university lab. Participants reported mental and physical HRQOL via the Medical Outcome Study 36-Item Short-Form (SF-36). Physical activity was examined via the International Physical Activity Questionnaire and nutrition (i.e., fruit and vegetable consumption) was assessed with the By-Meal Screener. Health status was ascertained via the Veterans Aging Cohort Study (VACS) Index. RESULTS Aim 1 analyses indicated that neither physical activity nor nutrition was related to mental HRQOL (p's > .05). However, greater physical activity (β = .33, p < .01) and nutrition (β = .23, p = .03) were each independently related to better physical HRQOL and remained significant after accounting for co-occurring medical conditions. For aim 2, the interaction between health status and nutrition was statistically significant (β = .24, p = .02), such that the association between worse health status and worse physical HRQOL was weaker with better nutrition. There was not a statistically significant interaction between physical activity and health status on physical HRQOL (p > .05). CONCLUSION Physical HRQOL is related to self-reported physical activity and nutrition, with nutrition showing a moderating effect on the association between health status and physical HRQOL. Thus, future interventional studies designed to improve physical HRQOL should target both physical activity and nutrition.
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- Laura M Campbell
- SDSU/UC San Diego Joint Doctoral Program in Clinical Psychology, San Diego, CA, USA
- Department of Psychiatry, University of California San Diego, 220 Dickinson Street, Suite B (8231), San Diego, CA, 92103, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of California San Diego, 220 Dickinson Street, Suite B (8231), San Diego, CA, 92103, USA
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- Department of Family, Community, and Health Systems, School of Nursing, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of California San Diego, 220 Dickinson Street, Suite B (8231), San Diego, CA, 92103, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of California San Diego, 220 Dickinson Street, Suite B (8231), San Diego, CA, 92103, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of California San Diego, 220 Dickinson Street, Suite B (8231), San Diego, CA, 92103, USA
- Department of Neurosciences, University of California, San Diego, San Diego, CA, USA
- Sam and Rose Stein Institute for Research On Aging, University of California, San Diego, CA, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of California San Diego, 220 Dickinson Street, Suite B (8231), San Diego, CA, 92103, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of California San Diego, 220 Dickinson Street, Suite B (8231), San Diego, CA, 92103, USA.
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Oursler KK, Marconi VC, Wang Z, Xu K, Montano M, So-Armah K, Justice AC, Sun YV. Epigenetic Age Acceleration Markers Are Associated With Physiologic Frailty and All-Cause Mortality in People With Human Immunodeficiency Virus. Clin Infect Dis 2023; 76:e638-e644. [PMID: 35970820 PMCID: PMC10169393 DOI: 10.1093/cid/ciac656] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/27/2022] [Revised: 08/02/2022] [Accepted: 08/10/2022] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Biomarkers that provide insight into drivers of aging are needed for people with human immunodeficiency virus (PWH). The study objective was to determine if epigenetic age acceleration (EAA) markers are associated with physiologic frailty measured by the Veterans Aging Cohort Study (VACS) Index and predict all-cause mortality for PWH. METHODS Epigenome-wide DNA methylation was profiled in VACS total white blood cell samples collected during 2005-2007 from 531 PWH to generate 6 established markers of EAA. The association of each EAA marker was tested with VACS Index 2.0. All-cause mortality was assessed over 10 years. For each EAA marker, the hazard ratio per increased year was determined using Cox regression. To evaluate mortality discrimination, C-statistics were derived. RESULTS Participants were mostly men (98.5%) and non-Hispanic Black (84.4%), with a mean age of 52.4 years (standard deviation [SD], 7.8 years). Mean VACS Index score was 59.3 (SD, 16.4) and 136 deaths occurred over a median follow-up of 8.7 years. Grim age acceleration (AA), PhenoAA, HannumAA, and extrinsic epigenetic AA were associated with the VACS Index and mortality. HorvathAA and intrinsic epigenetic AA were not associated with either outcome. GrimAA had the greatest mortality discrimination among EAA markers and predicted mortality independently of the VACS Index. One-year increase in GrimAA was associated with a 1-point increase in VACS Index and a 10% increased hazard for mortality. CONCLUSIONS The observed associations between EAA markers with physiologic frailty and mortality support future research to provide mechanistic insight into the accelerated aging process and inform interventions tailored to PWH for promoting increased healthspan.
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- Krisann K Oursler
- Department of Internal Medicine, Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine and Veterans Affairs Salem Healthcare System, Roanoke, Virginia, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine and Rollins School of Public Health, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.,Veterans Affairs Atlanta Healthcare System, Decatur, Georgia, USA
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- Department of Epidemiology, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, Yale School of Medicine, West Haven, Connecticut, USA.,Veterans Affairs Connecticut Healthcare System, West Haven, Connecticut, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Veterans Affairs Connecticut Healthcare System, West Haven, Connecticut, USA.,Department of Medicine, Yale School of Medicine, West Haven, Connecticut, USA.,Division of Health Policy, Yale School of Public Health, West Haven, Connecticut, USA
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- Veterans Affairs Atlanta Healthcare System, Decatur, Georgia, USA.,Department of Epidemiology, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
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Levitt DE, Simon L, Lin HY, Siggins RW, Ferguson TF, Molina PE, Welsh DA. Alcohol use, physical activity, and muscle strength moderate the relationship between body composition and frailty risk among people living with HIV. Alcohol Clin Exp Res 2022; 46:2041-2053. [PMID: 36124866 PMCID: PMC10801810 DOI: 10.1111/acer.14941] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/23/2022] [Revised: 08/19/2022] [Accepted: 09/14/2022] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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BACKGROUND Antiretroviral therapy has improved life expectancy among people living with HIV (PLWH). Despite increased longevity, PLWH are at increased risk of age-related comorbidities, including frailty. We examined the relationship between body composition and frailty among PLWH, and moderation of this relationship by substance use, physical activity (PA), and physical function. METHODS Participants (n = 341; 71% male, 48 ± 10 years, body mass index (BMI) = 27.3 ± 7.0 kg/m2 ) enrolled in the New Orleans Alcohol Use in HIV (NOAH) study underwent measures of body composition, muscle strength, and gait speed. Whole blood phosphatidylethanol (PEth) was measured, and substance use and PA were self-reported. Frailty risk measures included the 58-Item Deficit Index (DI58) and the Veterans Aging Cohort Study (VACS) Index 1.0, where higher scores indicate greater frailty risk. RESULTS Multivariable linear regression adjusted for age, sex, and race showed that higher fat-free mass index (FFMI), body fat (%), waist-to-hip ratio, and body mass index (BMI) ≥ 25.0 kg/m2 vs. < 25.0 kg/m2 were significantly (p < 0.05) associated with decreased frailty risk measured by the VACS Index, whereas adjusted analyses showed no association between body composition variables and the DI58 score. Recent alcohol use, muscle strength, and PA, but not lifetime alcohol use or gait speed, significantly moderated associations between body composition variables and frailty risk with medium-to-large effect sizes. Subgroup analyses revealed a negative relationship between DI58 and FFMI among people with PEth > 8 ng/ml and negative relationships of VACS Index with FFMI and WHR in people with lower muscle strength. Overweight or obese BMI categories were positively associated with DI58 in people with lower muscle strength or higher PA level but negatively associated in those with higher muscle strength. CONCLUSIONS Our findings indicate that body composition has significant modulatory effects on frailty risk in PLWH, where obesity increases the risk of frailty and greater muscle mass may be protective, even in individuals who use alcohol. These results highlight the importance of considering body composition, physical activity, and physical function in assessing frailty risk in PLWH, particularly among individuals who use alcohol. Moreover, they support the implementation of physical activity interventions to ameliorate the risk of frailty in aging PLWH.
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- Danielle E. Levitt
- Comprehensive Alcohol-HIV/AIDS Research Center, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, LA, USA
- Department of Physiology, School of Medicine, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, LA, USA
- Department of Kinesiology & Sport Management, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX, USA
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- Comprehensive Alcohol-HIV/AIDS Research Center, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, LA, USA
- Department of Physiology, School of Medicine, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, LA, USA
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- Comprehensive Alcohol-HIV/AIDS Research Center, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, LA, USA
- Biostatistics Program, School of Public Health, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, LA, USA
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- Comprehensive Alcohol-HIV/AIDS Research Center, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, LA, USA
- Department of Physiology, School of Medicine, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, LA, USA
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- Comprehensive Alcohol-HIV/AIDS Research Center, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, LA, USA
- Department of Physiology, School of Medicine, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, LA, USA
- Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, LA, USA
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- Comprehensive Alcohol-HIV/AIDS Research Center, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, LA, USA
- Department of Physiology, School of Medicine, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, LA, USA
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- Comprehensive Alcohol-HIV/AIDS Research Center, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, LA, USA
- Department of Internal Medicine, Section of Pulmonary/Critical Care, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, LA, USA
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Hernández-Ruiz VA, Erlandson KM, Amieva H, Avila-Funes JA. Veterans Aging Cohort Study Index and Frailty: One Part of the Whole. AIDS Res Hum Retroviruses 2022; 38:792-797. [PMID: 35972736 DOI: 10.1089/aid.2022.0075] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023] Open
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In HIV medicine, the Veterans Aging Cohort Study (VACS) index is associated to some geriatric syndromes and has also been recently used as a proxy of frailty. However, using it as a proxy for the frailty phenotype may inadvertently interchange two different concepts. The purpose of this study was to evaluate to what extent the frailty phenotype may be explained by the index. Cross-sectional analysis included 393 participants with HIV aged 50 or older. Somers' delta (d) was calculated, and a multinomial logistic regression model was run to determine to what extent the VACS index scores explained the probability of being prefrail or frail. Mean age was 57.6 (standard deviation 6.5) years and 87.3% men. A weak, but positive association between the VACS 2.0 index score and the frailty phenotype was established (Somers' d = 0.120, p < .001). The multinomial logistic regression showed that prefrail and frail participants had higher probabilities for greater VACS index scores [OR = 1.05, 95% confidence intervals (CI) 1.01-1.09; p = .006 and OR = 1.17, 95% CI 1.09-1.26; p < .001, respectively]; however, VACS index only explained <12% of the variability observed in the frailty phenotype. High VACS index scores were associated with a greater probability of being frail; however, with a weak association. Thus, we should be cautious when using the VACS index as a general proxy of frailty, particularly for the frailty phenotype. However, the VACS index may be used as a means to identify persons who might benefit from further comprehensive geriatric assessment.
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- Virgilio A Hernández-Ruiz
- INSERM, Bordeaux Population Health Research Center, UMR 1219, University of Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France.,Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición Salvador Zubirán, Mexico City, Mexico
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- Division of Infectious Diseases and Geriatric Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, Colorado, USA
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- INSERM, Bordeaux Population Health Research Center, UMR 1219, University of Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France
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- INSERM, Bordeaux Population Health Research Center, UMR 1219, University of Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France.,Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición Salvador Zubirán, Mexico City, Mexico
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McGinnis KA, Justice AC, Moore RD, Silverberg MJ, Althoff KN, Karris M, Lima VD, Crane HM, Horberg MA, Klein MB, Gange SJ, Gebo KA, Mayor A, Tate JP. Discrimination and Calibration of the Veterans Aging Cohort Study Index 2.0 for Predicting Mortality Among People With Human Immunodeficiency Virus in North America. Clin Infect Dis 2022; 75:297-304. [PMID: 34609485 PMCID: PMC9410720 DOI: 10.1093/cid/ciab883] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/11/2021] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND The updated Veterans Aging Cohort Study (VACS) Index 2.0 combines general and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-specific biomarkers to generate a continuous score that accurately discriminates risk of mortality in diverse cohorts of persons with HIV (PWH), but a score alone is difficult to interpret. Using data from the North American AIDS Cohort Collaboration (NA-ACCORD), we translate VACS Index 2.0 scores into validated probability estimates of mortality. METHODS Because complete mortality ascertainment is essential for accurate calibration, we restricted analyses to cohorts with mortality from the National Death Index or equivalent sources. VACS Index 2.0 components were ascertained from October 1999 to April 2018. Mortality was observed up to March 2019. Calibration curves compared predicted (estimated by fitting a gamma model to the score) to observed mortality overall and within subgroups: cohort (VACS/NA-ACCORD subset), sex, age <50 or ≥50 years, race/ethnicity, HIV-1 RNA ≤500 or >500 copies/mL, CD4 count <350 or ≥350 cells/µL, and years 1999-2009 or 2010-2018. Because mortality rates have decreased over time, the final model was limited to 2010-2018. RESULTS Among 37230 PWH in VACS and 8061 PWH in the NA-ACCORD subset, median age was 53 and 44 years; 3% and 19% were women; and 48% and 39% were black. Discrimination in NA-ACCORD (C-statistic = 0.842 [95% confidence interval {CI}, .830-.854]) was better than in VACS (C-statistic = 0.813 [95% CI, .809-.817]). Predicted and observed mortality largely overlapped in VACS and the NA-ACCORD subset, overall and within subgroups. CONCLUSIONS Based on this validation, VACS Index 2.0 can reliably estimate probability of all-cause mortality, at various follow-up times, among PWH in North America.
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- Kathleen A McGinnis
- Veterans Affairs Connecticut Healthcare System, West Haven, Connecticut, USA
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- Veterans Affairs Connecticut Healthcare System, West Haven, Connecticut, USA
- Yale Schools of Medicine and Public Health, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
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- University of California, San Diego, San Diego, California, USA
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- Kaiser Permanente Mid-Atlantic Permanente Research Institute, Rockville, Maryland, USA
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- Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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- Universidad Central del Caribe, Bayamon, Puerto Rico, USA
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- Veterans Affairs Connecticut Healthcare System, West Haven, Connecticut, USA
- Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
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Greene M, Shi Y, Boscardin J, Sudore R, Gandhi M, Covinsky K. Geriatric conditions and healthcare utilisation in older adults living with HIV. Age Ageing 2022; 51:6577097. [PMID: 35511728 PMCID: PMC9271234 DOI: 10.1093/ageing/afac093] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/22/2021] [Revised: 01/10/2022] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND older HIV-positive adults experience a significant burden of geriatric conditions. However, little is known about the association between geriatric conditions and healthcare utilisation in this population. SETTING outpatient safety-net HIV clinic in San Francisco. METHODS in 2013, HIV-positive adults ≥50 years of age underwent geriatric assessment including functional impairment, fall(s)in past year, cognitive impairment (MOCA <26) and low social support (Lubben social network scale ≤12). We reviewed medical records from 2013 through 2017 to capture healthcare utilisation (emergency room (ER) visits and hospitalisations) and used Poisson models to examine the association between geriatric conditions and utilisation events over 4 years. RESULTS among 192 participants, 81% were male, 51% were white, the median age was 56 (range 50-74), and the median CD4 count was 508 (IQR 338-688) cells/mm3. Sixteen percent of participants had ≥1 activities of daily living (ADL) dependency, 58% had ≥1 instrumental activities of daily living IADL dependency, 43% reported ≥1 falls, 31% had cognitive impairment, and 58% had low social support. Over 4 years, 90 participants (46%) had ≥1 ER visit (total of 289 ER visits), 39 (20%) had ≥1 hospitalisation (total of 68 hospitalisations), and 15 (8%) died. In unadjusted and adjusted analyses, IADL dependency and falls were associated with healthcare utilisation (adjusted incidence rate ratios IADL (95%CI): 1.73 (1.33-2.25); falls: 1.51 (1.21-1.87)). CONCLUSION IADL dependency and history of falls were associated with healthcare utilisation among older HIV-positive adults. Although our results are limited by sample size, improved understanding of the association between geriatric conditions and healthcare utilisation could build support for geriatric HIV care models.
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- Meredith Greene
- Department of Medicine, Division of Geriatrics, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA,Address correspondence to: Meredith Greene, 490 Illinois Street, Floor 08 San Francisco, CA 94143, USA. Tel: 415-502-3626;
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Geriatrics, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA,San Francisco Veterans Affairs Medical Center, San Francisco, CA, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Geriatrics, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA,San Francisco Veterans Affairs Medical Center, San Francisco, CA, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Geriatrics, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA,San Francisco Veterans Affairs Medical Center, San Francisco, CA, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Division of HIV, Infectious Diseases and Global Medicine, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Geriatrics, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA,San Francisco Veterans Affairs Medical Center, San Francisco, CA, USA
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Inceer M, Brouillette MJ, Fellows LK, Morais JA, Harris M, Smaill F, Smith G, Thomas R, Mayo NE. Factors partitioning physical frailty in people aging with HIV: A classification and regression tree approach. HIV Med 2022; 23:738-749. [PMID: 35106895 DOI: 10.1111/hiv.13236] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/25/2021] [Accepted: 01/04/2022] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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OBJECTIVE To estimate the extent to which comorbidity and lifestyle factors were associated with physical frailty in middle-aged and older Canadians living with HIV. DESIGN Cross-sectional analysis of 856 participants from the Canadian Positive Brain Health Now cohort. METHODS The frailty indicator phenotype was adapted from Fried's criteria using self-report items. Univariate logistic regression and classification and regression tree (CaRT) models were used to identify the most relevant independent contributors to frailty. RESULTS In all, 100 men (14.0%) and 26 women (19.7%) were identified as frail (≥ 3/5 criteria) for an overall prevalence of 15.2%. Nine comorbidities showed an influential association with frailty. The most influential comorbidities were hypothyroidism [odds ratio (OR) = 2.55, 95% confidence interval (CI): 1.29-50.3] and arthritis (OR = 2.54, 95% CI: 1.58-4.09). Additionally, tobacco (OR = 1.79, 95% CI: 1.05-3.04) showed an association. Any level of alcohol consumption showed a protective effect for frailty. The CaRT model showed nine pathways that led to frailty. Arthritis was the most discriminatory variable followed by alcohol, hypothyroidism, tobacco, cancer, cannabis, liver disease, kidney disease, osteoporosis, lung disease and peripheral vascular disease. The prevalence of physical frailty for people with arthritis was 27.4%; with additional cancer or tobacco and alcohol the prevalence rates were 47.1% and 46.1%, respectively. The protective effect of alcohol consumption evident in the univariate model appeared again in the CaRT model, but this effect varied. Cognitive frailty (19.5% overall) and emotional frailty (37.9% overall) were higher than the prevalence of physical frailty. CONCLUSIONS Specific comorbidities and tobacco use were implicated in frailty, suggesting that it is comorbidities causing frailty. However, some frailty still appears to be HIV-related. The higher prevalence of cognitive and emotional frailty highlights the fact that physical frailty should not be the only focus in HIV.
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- Mehmet Inceer
- School of Physical and Occupational Therapy, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada.,Center for Outcomes Research and Evaluation (CORE), Research Institute of the McGill University Health Center, Montreal, QC, Canada
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- Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada.,McGill University Health Center, Montreal, QC, Canada.,Research Institute of the McGill University Health Center, Montreal, QC, Canada
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- Department of Neurology & Neurosurgery, Montreal Neurological Institute, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada
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- Division of Geriatric Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada
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- Department of Family Practice, Faculty of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada.,British Columbia Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS, Vancouver, BC, Canada
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- Department of Pathology and Molecular Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada.,Hamilton Health Sciences, Hamilton, ON, Canada
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- School of Physical and Occupational Therapy, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada.,Center for Outcomes Research and Evaluation (CORE), Research Institute of the McGill University Health Center, Montreal, QC, Canada
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Qian Y, Moore RD, Coburn SB, Davy-Mendez T, Akgün KM, McGinnis KA, Silverberg MJ, Colasanti JA, Cachay ER, Horberg MA, Rabkin CS, Jacobson JM, Gill MJ, Mayor AM, Kirk GD, Gebo KA, Nijhawan AE, Althoff KN. Association of the VACS Index With Hospitalization Among People With HIV in the NA-ACCORD. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr 2022; 89:9-18. [PMID: 34878432 PMCID: PMC8665227 DOI: 10.1097/qai.0000000000002812] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/04/2021] [Accepted: 09/08/2021] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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BACKGROUND People with HIV (PWH) have a higher hospitalization rate than the general population. The Veterans Aging Cohort Study (VACS) Index at study entry well predicts hospitalization in PWH, but it is unknown if the time-updated parameter improves hospitalization prediction. We assessed the association of parameterizations of the VACS Index 2.0 with the 5-year risk of hospitalization. SETTING PWH ≥30 years old with at least 12 months of antiretroviral therapy (ART) use and contributing hospitalization data from 2000 to 2016 in North American AIDS Cohort Collaboration on Research and Design (NA-ACCORD) were included. Three parameterizations of the VACS Index 2.0 were assessed and categorized by quartile: (1) "baseline" measurement at study entry; (2) time-updated measurements; and (3) cumulative scores calculated using the trapezoidal rule. METHODS Discrete-time proportional hazard models estimated the crude and adjusted associations (and 95% confidence intervals [CIs]) of the VACS Index parameterizations and all-cause hospitalizations. The Akaike information criterion (AIC) assessed the model fit with each of the VACS Index parameters. RESULTS Among 7289 patients, 1537 were hospitalized. Time-updated VACS Index fitted hospitalization best with a more distinct dose-response relationship [score <43: reference; score 43-55: aHR = 1.93 (95% CI: 1.66 to 2.23); score 55-68: aHR = 3.63 (95% CI: 3.12 to 4.23); score ≥68: aHR = 9.98 (95% CI: 8.52 to 11.69)] than study entry and cumulative VACS Index after adjusting for known risk factors. CONCLUSIONS Time-updated VACS Index 2.0 had the strongest association with hospitalization and best fit to the data. Health care providers should consider using it when assessing hospitalization risk among PWH.
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- Yuhang Qian
- Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Department of Epidemiology, Gillings School of Global Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, NC, USA
- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Weill Institute for Neurosciences, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine and General Internal Medicine, VA Connecticut Healthcare System, West Haven, CT, USA
- Department of Internal Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA
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- Division of Infectious Diseases and Global Public Health, University of California at San Diego, San Diego, CA, USA
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- Kaiser Permanente Mid-Atlantic Permanente Research Institute, Rockville, MD, USA
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- Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, OH, USA
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- Department of Medicine, University of Calgary, S Alberta HIV Clinic, 3330 Hospital Drive NW, Calgary, AB, T2N4N1, Canada
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- Department of Medicine, Universidad Central del Caribe at Bayamón, Puerto Rico
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- Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA
- Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA
- Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, 5323 Harry Hines Boulevard, Dallas, TX 75390, USA
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- Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA
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Hernández-Favela CG, Hernández-Ruiz VA, Bello-Chavolla OY, Crabtree-Ramírez B, Sierra-Madero J, Amieva H, Erlandson KM, Avila-Funes JA. Higher Veterans Aging Cohort Study 2.0 Index Score Predicts Functional Decline Among Older Adults Living with HIV. AIDS Res Hum Retroviruses 2021; 37:878-883. [PMID: 34465139 DOI: 10.1089/aid.2020.0295] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023] Open
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Living with HIV has been proposed as a risk factor for the early development of functional decline. Composite marker tools like the Veterans Aging Cohort Study (VACS) Index, which includes HIV-associated and non-HIV-related markers of disease may better reflect multiorgan system injury and potentially predict functional outcomes. Therefore, the objective of this work is to determine whether higher VACS 2.0 Index scores predicts functional decline among older adults living with HIV (OALWH). Longitudinal study, including 131 adults ages 50 or older who underwent a comprehensive geriatric assessment at baseline and follow-up, at least a year apart. Functional status was determined by the gait speed (seconds for a 4-m distance). Linear regression models were constructed to determine the relationship between VACS 2.0 Index at baseline with gait speed at follow-up adjusted for potential confounders. The median for age was 58.0 years (range 50-84), and 81.7% were male. At baseline, the median VACS 2.0 Index score was 50.4 (interquartile range 42.2-65.3). The adjusted linear regression analysis found that higher baseline VACS 2.0 Index scores were significantly associated with a decline in gait speed (p = .033) at follow-up. The results suggest that the VACS 2.0 Index works as a predictor of functional decline as showed by decline in gait speed and might serve as an easy tool to identify OALWH who might need additional resources or interventions to prevent it.
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- Department of Geriatrics, Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición Salvador Zubirán, Mexico City, Mexico
- Inserm, Bordeaux Population Health Research Center, University of Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France
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- Department de Infectious Diseases, Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición Salvador Zubirán, Mexico City, Mexico
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- Department de Infectious Diseases, Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición Salvador Zubirán, Mexico City, Mexico
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- Inserm, Bordeaux Population Health Research Center, University of Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France
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- Division of Infectious Diseases and Geriatric Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, Colorado, USA
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- Department of Geriatrics, Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición Salvador Zubirán, Mexico City, Mexico
- Inserm, Bordeaux Population Health Research Center, University of Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France
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Womack JA, Murphy TE, Ramsey C, Bathulapalli H, Leo-Summers L, Smith AC, Bates J, Jarad S, Gill TM, Hsieh E, Rodriguez-Barradas MC, Tien PC, Yin MT, Brandt C, Justice AC. Brief Report: Are Serious Falls Associated With Subsequent Fragility Fractures Among Veterans Living With HIV? J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr 2021; 88:192-196. [PMID: 34506360 PMCID: PMC8513792 DOI: 10.1097/qai.0000000000002752] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/10/2021] [Accepted: 06/09/2021] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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BACKGROUND The extensive research on falls and fragility fractures among persons living with HIV (PWH) has not explored the association between serious falls and subsequent fragility fracture. We explored this association. SETTING Veterans Aging Cohort Study. METHODS This analysis included 304,951 6-month person- intervals over a 15-year period (2001-2015) contributed by 26,373 PWH who were 50+ years of age (mean age 55 years) and taking antiretroviral therapy (ART). Serious falls (those falls significant enough to result in a visit to a health care provider) were identified by the external cause of injury codes and a machine learning algorithm applied to radiology reports. Fragility fractures were identified using ICD9 codes and included hip fracture, vertebral fractures, and upper arm fracture and were modeled with multivariable logistic regression with generalized estimating equations. RESULTS After adjustment, serious falls in the previous year were associated with increased risk of fragility fracture [odds ratio (OR) 2.10; 95% confidence interval (CI): 1.83 to 2.41]. The use of integrase inhibitors was the only ART risk factor (OR 1.17; 95% CI: 1.03 to 1.33). Other risk factors included the diagnosis of alcohol use disorder (OR 1.49; 95% CI: 1.31 to 1.70) and having a prescription for an opioid in the previous 6 months (OR 1.40; 95% CI: 1.27 to 1.53). CONCLUSIONS Serious falls within the past year are strongly associated with fragility fractures among PWH on ART-largely a middle-aged population-much as they are among older adults in the general population.
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- Julie A Womack
- VA Connecticut Healthcare System and Yale School of Nursing, West Haven, CT
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- Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT
- VA Connecticut Healthcare System, West Haven, CT
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- Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT
- VA Connecticut Healthcare System, West Haven, CT
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- Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT
- VA Connecticut Healthcare System, West Haven, CT
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- Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT
- VA Connecticut Healthcare System, West Haven, CT
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- Michael E DeBakey VA Medical Center, Infectious Diseases Section, Department of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX
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- Department of Veterans Affairs, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
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- Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY; and
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- VA Connecticut Healthcare System, West Haven, CT
- Yale University Schools of Medicine and Public Health, New Haven, CT
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- VA Connecticut Healthcare System, West Haven, CT
- Yale University Schools of Medicine and Public Health, New Haven, CT
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Makras P, Petrikkos P, Anastasilakis AD, Kolynou A, Katsarou A, Tsachouridou O, Metallidis S, Yavropoulou MP. Denosumab versus zoledronate for the treatment of low bone mineral density in male HIV-infected patients. Bone Rep 2021; 15:101128. [PMID: 34541262 PMCID: PMC8441091 DOI: 10.1016/j.bonr.2021.101128] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/19/2021] [Revised: 09/05/2021] [Accepted: 09/06/2021] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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Introduction We aimed to compare annual changes in the bone mineral density (BMD) at the lumbar spine (LS) and the femoral neck (FN) in males with HIV-associated osteoporosis treated with either zoledronate (ZOL) or denosumab (Dmab). Methods In this open label, 12-month, prospective, multicenter, cohort study, 23 male people living with HIV (PLWH) under antiretroviral therapy (ART) with low BMD were administered either a single iv infusion of ZOL 5 mg (n = 10) or Dmab 60 mg sc injections biannually (n = 13). Fourteen age-matched male PLWH with normal BMD served as controls. BMD was measured at baseline and at 12 months. Results LS-BMD increased within both treatment groups at 12 months (ZOL 5.43% ± 3.60%, p = 0.001; Dmab 5.76% ± 3.44%, p < 0.005) and decreased in controls (−2.58% ± 4.12, p = 0.04). FN-BMD increased in both treatment groups at 12 months (ZOL 7.23% ± 5.46%, p = 0.003; Dmab 3.01% ± 2.46%, p < 0.005), and remained unchanged in controls (1.22% ± 2.09, p = 0.06). LS-BMD changes did not differ between the two treatment groups, but FN-BMD changes were more prominent in the ZOL group (p < 0.05). None of our study cohort sustained new fragility fractures during the 12-month study period, and no case of acute phase response was recorded in the ZOL group. Conclusions In male PLWH under ART requiring osteoporosis treatment both ZOL and Dmab are efficient and well tolerated therapeutic options achieving BMD increases at least for the first year of treatment. Zoledronate and denosumab are efficient therapies for HIV-associated osteoporosis. Zoledronate-induced acute phase response may be less frequent with concomitant ART. Alternative osteoporosis agent should follow in case of denosumab discontinuation. Significant annual BMD loss may occur in male PLWH under long term treatment with ART.
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- Polyzois Makras
- Department of Endocrinology and Diabetes and Department of Medical Research, 251 Hellenic Air Force & VA General Hospital, Athens, Greece
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- 2nd Department of Internal Medicine, 251 Hellenic Air Force & VA General Hospital, Athens, Greece
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- Department of Microbiology, Medical School, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece
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- 2nd Department of Internal Medicine, 251 Hellenic Air Force & VA General Hospital, Athens, Greece
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- Department of Microbiology, Medical School, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece
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- Infectious Diseases Unit, 1 Department of Internal Medicine, AHEPA University Hospital, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Medical School, Thessaloniki, Greece
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- Endocrinology Unit, 1 Department of Propedeutic and Internal Medicine, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, LAIKO General Hospital of Athens, Greece
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Battalora L, Armon C, Palella F, Li J, Overton ET, Hammer J, Fuhrer J, Novak RM, Carlson K, Spear JR, Buchacz K. Incident bone fracture and mortality in a large HIV cohort outpatient study, 2000-2017, USA. Arch Osteoporos 2021; 16:117. [PMID: 34337687 DOI: 10.1007/s11657-021-00949-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/20/2020] [Accepted: 05/03/2021] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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UNLABELLED We evaluated the association of bone fracture with mortality among persons with HIV, controlling for sociodemographic, behavioral, and clinical factors. Incident fracture was associated with 48% greater risk of all-cause mortality, underscoring the need for bone mineral density screening and fracture prevention. PURPOSE/INTRODUCTION Low bone mineral density (BMD) and fracture are more common among persons with HIV (PWH) than those without HIV infection. We evaluated the association of bone fracture with mortality among PWH, controlling for sociodemographic, behavioral, and clinical factors. METHODS We analyzed data from HIV Outpatient Study (HOPS) participants seen at nine US HIV clinics during January 1, 2000, through September 30, 2017. Incident fracture rates and post-fracture mortality were compared across four calendar periods. Cox proportional hazards analyses determined factors associated with all-cause mortality among all participants and those with incident fracture. RESULTS Among 6763 HOPS participants, 504 (7.5%) had incident fracture (median age = 47 years) and 719 (10.6%) died. Of fractures, 135 (26.8%) were major osteoporotic (hip/pelvis, wrist, spine, arm/shoulder). During observation, 27 participants with major osteoporotic fractures died (crude mortality 2.97/100 person-years [PY]), and 48 with other site fractures died (crude mortality 2.51/100 PY). Post-fracture, age- and sex-adjusted all-cause mortality rates per 100 PY decreased from 8.5 during 2000-2004 to 1.9 during 2013-2017 (P<0.001 for trend). In multivariable analysis, incident fracture was significantly associated with all-cause mortality (Hazard Ratio 1.48, 95% confidence interval 1.15-1.91). Among 504 participants followed post-fracture, pulmonary, kidney, and cardiovascular disease, hepatitis C virus co-infection, and non-AIDS cancer, remained independently associated with all-cause mortality. CONCLUSIONS Incident fracture was associated with 48% greater risk of all-cause mortality among US PWH in care, underscoring the need for BMD screening and fracture prevention. Although fracture rates among PWH increased during follow-up, post-fracture death rates decreased, likely reflecting advances in HIV care.
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- Linda Battalora
- Colorado School of Mines, 1301 19th St., Golden, CO, 80401, USA. .,Cerner Corporation, Kansas City, MO, USA.
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- Cerner Corporation, Kansas City, MO, USA
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- Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, USA
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- Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA
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- University of Alabama School of Medicine, Birmingham, AL, USA
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- Stony Brook School of Medicine, Stony Brook, NY, USA
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- University of Illinois College of Medicine, Chicago, IL, USA
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- Colorado School of Mines, 1301 19th St., Golden, CO, 80401, USA
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- Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA
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Nimitphong H, Sungkanuparph S, Saetung S, Chailurkit LO, Sritara C, Musikarat S, Ongphiphadhanakul B. A Comparison of Bone Mineral Density and Its Predictors in HIV-Infected and HIV-Uninfected Older Men. Endocr Pract 2021; 27:1225-1231. [PMID: 34343711 DOI: 10.1016/j.eprac.2021.07.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/29/2021] [Revised: 07/19/2021] [Accepted: 07/25/2021] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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OBJECTIVE Bone health in older individuals with HIV infection has not been well studied. This study aimed to compare bone mineral density (BMD), trabecular bone score (TBS), and bone markers between HIV-infected men and age- and body mass index (BMI)-matched HIV-uninfected men aged ≥60 years. We investigated the associations of risk factors related to fracture with BMD, TBS, and bone markers in HIV-infected men. METHODS This cross-sectional study included 45 HIV-infected men receiving antiretroviral therapy and 42 HIV-uninfected men. Medical history, BMD and TBS measurements, and laboratory tests related to bone health were assessed in all the participants. HIV-related factors known to be associated with bone loss were assessed in the HIV-infected men. RESULTS The mean BMD, TBS, and osteopenia or osteoporosis prevalence were similar among the cases and controls. The HIV-infected men had significantly higher mean N-terminal propeptide of type 1 procollagen and C-terminal cross-linking telopeptide of type I collagen levels. Stepwise multiple linear regression analysis demonstrated that low BMI (lumbar spine, P = .015; femoral neck, P = .018; and total hip, P = .005), high C-terminal cross-linking telopeptide of type I collagen concentration (total hip, P = .042; and TBS, P = .010), and low vitamin D supplementation (TBS, P = .035) were independently associated with low BMD and TBS. CONCLUSION In older HIV-infected men with a low fracture risk, the mean BMD and TBS were similar to those of the age- and BMI-matched controls. The mean bone marker levels were higher in the HIV group. Traditional risk factors for fracture, including low BMI, high C-terminal cross-linking telopeptide of type I collagen level, and low vitamin D supplementation, were significant predictors of low BMD and TBS.
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- Hataikarn Nimitphong
- Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine Ramathibodi Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand.
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- Chakri Naruebodindra Medical Institute, Faculty of Medicine Ramathibodi Hospital, Samut Prakan, Thailand
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- Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine Ramathibodi Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand
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- Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine Ramathibodi Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand
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- Department of Radiology, Faculty of Medicine, Ramathibodi Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand
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- Department of Radiology, Faculty of Medicine, Ramathibodi Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand
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- Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine Ramathibodi Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand
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Vecchio A, Nakigozi G, Nakasujja N, Kisakye A, Batte J, Mayanja R, Anok A, Robertson K, Wawer MJ, Sacktor N, Rubin LH, Saylor D. Assessment, prevalence, and correlates of frailty among middle-aged adults with HIV in rural Uganda. J Neurovirol 2021; 27:487-492. [PMID: 33788138 DOI: 10.1007/s13365-021-00969-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/16/2020] [Revised: 01/26/2021] [Accepted: 03/09/2021] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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We investigated the prevalence and risk factors for frailty among people with HIV (PWH) in rural Uganda (n = 55, 47% male, mean age 44 years). Frailty was defined according to the Fried criteria with self-reported physical activity level replacing the Minnesota Leisure Time Activity Questionnaire. Alternate classifications for physical activity utilized were the sub-Saharan Africa Activity Questionnaire and the International Physical Activity Questionnaire. Eleven participants (19%) were frail. Frail participants were older (p < 0.001), less likely to be on antiretroviral therapy (p = 0.03), and had higher rates of depression (p < .001) and HIV-associated neurocognitive disorder (p = 0.003). Agreement between physical activity measures was sub-optimal. Prevalence of frailty was high among PWH in rural Uganda, but larger sample sizes and local normative data are needed.
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- Alyssa Vecchio
- University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA.
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- Rakai Health Sciences Program, Kalisizo, Uganda
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- Rakai Health Sciences Program, Kalisizo, Uganda
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- University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
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- Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, USA
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- Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, USA
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- Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, USA
- Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, USA
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- Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, USA
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Demontès M, Eymard Duvernay S, Allavena C, Jovelin T, Reynes J, Hentzien M, Ravaux I, Delobel P, Bregigeon S, Rey D, Ferry T, Gagneux-Brunon A, Robineau O, Pugliese P, Duvivier C, Cabié A, Chirouze C, Jacomet C, Lamaury I, Merrien D, Hoen B, Hocqueloux L, Cheret A, Katlama C, Arvieux C, Krolak-Salmon P, Makinson A. Multimorbidity in Elderly Persons According to the Year of Diagnosis of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection: A Cross-sectional Dat'AIDS Cohort Study. Clin Infect Dis 2021; 71:2880-2888. [PMID: 31813982 DOI: 10.1093/cid/ciz1171] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/02/2019] [Accepted: 12/07/2019] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND We assessed prevalence of multimorbidity (MM) according to year of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) diagnosis in elderly people living with HIV (PLWH). METHODS This was a cross-sectional study of MM in PLWH aged ≥70 years from the Dat'AIDS French multicenter cohort. MM was defined as at least 3 coexistent morbidities of high blood pressure, diabetes mellitus, osteoporosis, non-AIDS cancer, chronic renal failure, cardiovascular and cerebrovascular disease, obesity, undernutrition, or hypercholesterolemia. Logistic regression models evaluated the association between MM and calendar periods of HIV diagnosis (1983-1996, 1997-2006, and 2007-2018). The secondary analysis evaluated MM as a continuous outcome, and a sensitivity analysis excluded PLWH with nadir CD4 count <200 cells/μL. RESULTS Between January 2017 and September 2018, 2476 PLWH were included. Median age was 73 years, 75% were men, median CD4 count was 578 cells/μL, and 94% had controlled viremia. MM prevalence was 71%. HBP and hypercholesterolemia were the most prevalent comorbidities. After adjustment for age, gender, smoking status, hepatitis C and hepatitis B virus coinfection, group of exposure, nadir CD4 count, CD4:CD8 ratio, and last CD4 level, calendar period of diagnosis was not associated with MM (P = .169). MM was associated with older age, CD4/CD8 ratio <0.8, and nadir CD4 count <200 cells/μL. Similar results were found with secondary and sensitivity analyses. CONCLUSIONS MM prevalence was high and increased with age, low CD4/CD8 ratio, and nadir CD4 count <200 cells/μL but was not associated with calendar periods of HIV diagnosis. Known duration of HIV diagnosis does not seem to be a criterion for selecting elderly PLWH at risk of MM.
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- Marie Demontès
- Memory Clinical and Research Center of Lyon, Lyon Institute for Elderly, Hospices civils de Lyon, Université Lyon, Inserm, Lyon, France
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- University of Montpellier, Unité TransVIHMI, France Institute of Research for Development Unité Mixte Internationale (UMI) 233, Inserm U1175, Montpellier, France
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- Infectious Diseases Department, University of Nantes, Centre hospitalier universitaire Hôtel Dieu, Nantes, France
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- Infectious Diseases Department, University of Nantes, Centre hospitalier universitaire Hôtel Dieu, Nantes, France
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- Infectious and Tropical Diseases Department, Montpellier University Hospital, and UMI 233, Inserm U1175, Montpellier, France
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- Reims Teaching Hospitals, Robert Debré Hospital, Department of Internal Medicine, Infectious Diseases, and Clinical Immunology, Reims, France
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- Aix Marseille Université, Centre Nationale de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD), Inserm, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Marseille (AP-HM), Unité de Recherche sur les Maladies Infectieuses, Institut Hospitalo-Universitaire (IHU) Méditerranée-Infection, Marseille, France
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- Infectious and Tropical Diseases Department Inserm, Unité Mixte de Recherche (UMR) 1043, Toulouse, France
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- Aix Marseille Universiteé, AP-HM Sainte-Marguerite, Marseille, France
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- University Hospitals of Strasbourg, Nouvel Hôpital Civil, Human Immunodeficiency Virus Care Center, Strasbourg, France
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- Infectious Diseases Department, Hospices Civils de Lyon, Claude Bernard Lyon 1 University, Lyon, France
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- Department of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, Centre hospitalier universitaire Saint-Etienne, Groupe Immunité des Muqueuses et Agents Pathogènes, Jean Monnet University, University of Lyon, Saint-Etienne, France
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- Infectious Diseases Department, Gustave Drion Hospital, Tourcoing, France
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- Infectious Diseases Department, University of Nice, Centre hospitalier universitaire L'Archet, Nice, France
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- Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP), Hôpital Necker-Enfants malades, Infectious and Tropical Diseases Department, Institut Pasteur, Centre Médical de l'Institut Pasteur, Infectious Diseases Centre Necker-Pasteur, IHU Imagine, Institut Cochin, CNRS 8104, Inserm U1016, Paris, France
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- Clinical Investigation Centre, Antilles Guyane, Inserm 1424 and Infectious and Tropical Diseases Department, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de la Martinique and University of the Antilles, Equipe d'Acceuil, Fort-de-France, France
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- Infectious and Tropical Diseases Department, Centre Hospitalier Regional Universitaire Besançon, UMR CNRS 6249 Bourgogne Franche Comté University, Besançon, France
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- Infectious Diseases Department, Centre hospitalier universitaire Clermont-Ferrand, Clermont-Ferrand, France
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- Department of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, Dermatology, Internal Medicine, University Hospital Guadeloupe, Pointe-à-Pitre, France
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- Internal Medicine Department, Centre Hospitalier Vendée (CHD) Vendée, La Roche-sur-Yon, France
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- Infectious and Tropical Diseases Department, Centre Hospitalier Regional Universitaire Besançon, UMR CNRS 6249 Bourgogne Franche Comté University, Besançon, France
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- Department of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, Centre hospitalier universitaire d'Orléans-La Source, Orléans, France
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- Internal Medicine Department, Centre hospitalier universitaire Bicètre, Bicètre, France.,University of Paris Descartes, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Paris, France
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- Sorbonne Université, Inserm, Pierre Louis Institute of Epidemiology and Public Health, Unité Mixte de Recherche en Santé 1136, AP -HP, Hôpitaux Universitaires Pitié Salpêtrière-Charles Foix, Department of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, Paris, France
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- Centre hospitalier universitaire Rennes, Infectious Diseases and Intensive Care Unit, Rennes, France
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- Memory Clinical and Research Center of Lyon, Lyon Institute for Elderly, Hospices civils de Lyon, Université Lyon, Inserm, Lyon, France
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- Infectious and Tropical Diseases Department, Montpellier University Hospital, and UMI 233, Inserm U1175, Montpellier, France
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PURPOSE OF REVIEW Different factors contribute to the decreased overall long-term survival in treated people living with HIV (PLWH). This paper will review the state of physical frailty which limits successful aging in PLWH. RECENT FINDINGS Identifiable events on the continuum from clinical normality to heightened risk of adverse health outcomes contribute to frailty. These center on chronic inflammation leading to destabilization of autoregulated physiologic systems challenged by environmental and biologic challenges. Frailty assessment can inform the profile of aging PLWH at increased risk of common age-related disorders and geriatric syndromes. Biologic and psychosocial risk factors promoting progression to and reversion from a dynamic state of frailty are being investigated, allowing for preventative interventions to be considered. Insights gained from studying frail PLWH will help adapt an interdisciplinary geriatric model of health care for selected PLWH. This will improve the health and well-being of aging PLWH.
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- Julian Falutz
- Division of Geriatrics, Director, Comprehensive HIV and Aging Initiative, McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
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Justice AC, Tate JP. Strengths and Limitations of the Veterans Aging Cohort Study Index as a Measure of Physiologic Frailty. AIDS Res Hum Retroviruses 2020; 35:1023-1033. [PMID: 31565954 DOI: 10.1089/aid.2019.0136] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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The Veterans Aging Cohort Study Index (VACS Index) is an index comprised of routine clinical laboratory tests that accurately and generalizably predicts all-cause mortality among those living with and without HIV infection. Increasing evidence supports its use as a measure of physiologic frailty among those aging with HIV because of its associations with frailty related outcomes including mortality, hospitalization, fragility fractures, serious falls, pneumonia, cognitive decline, delirium, and functional decline. In this review, we explore the evidence supporting the validity (construct, correlative, and predictive), responsiveness, and feasibility of the VACS Index as an early indicator of physiologic frailty. We also consider its limitations.
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- Amy C. Justice
- VA Connecticut Healthcare System, West Haven, Connecticut
- Department of Internal Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut
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- VA Connecticut Healthcare System, West Haven, Connecticut
- Department of Internal Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut
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Maffei VJ, Ferguson TF, Brashear MM, Mercante DE, Theall KP, Siggins RW, Taylor CM, Molina P, Welsh DA. Lifetime alcohol use among persons living with HIV is associated with frailty. AIDS 2020; 34:245-254. [PMID: 31714352 PMCID: PMC6960033 DOI: 10.1097/qad.0000000000002426] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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BACKGROUND The average lifespan of persons living with HIV (PLWH) on antiretroviral therapy approximates the general population. However, PLWH are susceptible to early aging and frailty. Behaviors such as alcohol consumption may contribute to frailty among PLWH. OBJECTIVE To determine the relationships between recent and lifetime alcohol use and frailty among PLWH. DESIGN Cross-sectional, prospective cohort study of in-care PLWH (n = 365) participating in the New Orleans Alcohol Use in HIV Study. METHODS Recent alcohol exposure was measured by the 30-day alcohol timeline follow-back (TLFB) assessment and by whole-blood-spot phosphatidylethanol (PEth) quantitation. Lifetime alcohol exposure (LAE) was estimated by a modified lifetime drinking history instrument. Frailty was assessed by a 58-item deficit index (DI58) and the phenotypic frailty index (PFI). The Veterans Aging Cohort Study Risk Index 2.0 was calculated. RESULTS Using generalized linear regression, LAE was positively associated with the DI58 (95% CI 0.001--0.006) and PFI severity (95% CI 0.004--0.023) after adjustment for age and other factors. Conversely, recent alcohol exposure was negatively associated with the DI58 [TLFB 95% CI: (-0.126 to -0.034), PEth: (-0.163 to -0.058)] and PFI severity [TLFB 95% CI (-0.404 to -0.015), PEth (-0.406 to 0.034)]. The VACS was not associated with alcohol use. Median per-decade alcohol exposure peaked in the second decade and tapered with aging thereafter. Increasing LAE and decreasing TLFB were co-associated with a specific subset of health deficits. CONCLUSION Lifetime alcohol use is positively associated with frailty among PLWH. Specific health deficits may discourage alcohol consumption in some PLWH.
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- Vincent J Maffei
- Comprehensive Alcohol-HIV/AIDS Research Center
- Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Parasitology, School of Graduate Studies
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- Comprehensive Alcohol-HIV/AIDS Research Center
- Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health
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- Comprehensive Alcohol-HIV/AIDS Research Center
- Department of Physiology, School of Graduate Studies
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- Comprehensive Alcohol-HIV/AIDS Research Center
- Department of Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center
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- Comprehensive Alcohol-HIV/AIDS Research Center
- Department of Global Community Health and Behavioral Sciences, School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, Tulane University
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- Comprehensive Alcohol-HIV/AIDS Research Center
- Department of Physiology, School of Graduate Studies
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- Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Parasitology, School of Graduate Studies
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- Comprehensive Alcohol-HIV/AIDS Research Center
- Department of Physiology, School of Graduate Studies
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- Comprehensive Alcohol-HIV/AIDS Research Center
- Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Parasitology, School of Graduate Studies
- Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, Lousiana, USA
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Rentsch CT, Edelman EJ, Justice AC, Marshall BDL, Xu K, Smith AH, Crystal S, Gaither JR, Gordon AJ, Smith RV, Kember RL, Polimanti R, Gelernter J, Fiellin DA, Tate JP, Kranzler HR, Becker WC. Patterns and Correlates of Prescription Opioid Receipt Among US Veterans: A National, 18-Year Observational Cohort Study. AIDS Behav 2019; 23:3340-3349. [PMID: 31317364 PMCID: PMC7344341 DOI: 10.1007/s10461-019-02608-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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A better understanding of predisposition to transition to high-dose, long-term opioid therapy after initial opioid receipt could facilitate efforts to prevent opioid use disorder (OUD). We extracted data on 69,268 patients in the Veterans Aging Cohort Study who received any opioid prescription between 1998 and 2015. Using latent growth mixture modelling, we identified four distinguishable dose trajectories: low (53%), moderate (29%), escalating (13%), and rapidly escalating (5%). Compared to low dose trajectory, those in the rapidly escalating dose trajectory were proportionately more European-American (59% rapidly escalating vs. 38% low); had a higher prevalence of HIV (31% vs. 29%) and hepatitis C (18% vs. 12%); and during follow-up, had a higher incidence of OUD diagnoses (13% vs. 3%); were hospitalised more often [18.1/100 person-years (PYs) vs. 12.5/100 PY]; and had higher all-cause mortality (4.7/100 PY vs. 1.8/100 PY, all p < 0.0001). These measures can potentially be used in future prevention research, including genetic discovery.
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- Christopher T Rentsch
- Faculty of Epidemiology and Population Health, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, Keppel Street, London, WC1E 7HT, UK.
- Veterans Aging Cohort Study Coordinating Center, VA Connecticut Healthcare System, West Haven, CT, 06516, USA.
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- Internal Medicine, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, 06515, USA
- Center for Interdisciplinary Research on AIDS, Yale School of Public Health, New Haven, CT, 06515, USA
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- Veterans Aging Cohort Study Coordinating Center, VA Connecticut Healthcare System, West Haven, CT, 06516, USA
- Internal Medicine, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, 06515, USA
- Center for Interdisciplinary Research on AIDS, Yale School of Public Health, New Haven, CT, 06515, USA
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- Department of Epidemiology, Brown School of Public Health, Providence, RI, 02903, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, Yale School of Medicine and VA Connecticut Healthcare System, West Haven, CT, 06516, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, Yale School of Medicine and VA Connecticut Healthcare System, West Haven, CT, 06516, USA
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- Institute for Health, Health Care Policy, and Aging Research, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ, 08901, USA
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- Yale Center for Medical Informatics, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, 06515, USA
- Pain Research, Informatics, Multi-morbidities and Education (PRIME) Center, VA Connecticut Healthcare System, West Haven, CT, 06516, USA
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- VA COIN Informatics, Decision-Enhancement and Analytic Sciences Center, Salt Lake City VA Health Care System, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, UT, 84132, USA
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- School of Nursing, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY, 40202, USA
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- Department of Genetics, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, USA
- Mental Illness Research, Education and Clinical Center, Crescenz Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, Yale School of Medicine and VA Connecticut Healthcare System, West Haven, CT, 06516, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, Yale School of Medicine and VA Connecticut Healthcare System, West Haven, CT, 06516, USA
- Departments of Genetics and Neuroscience, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, 06515, USA
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- Internal Medicine, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, 06515, USA
- Center for Interdisciplinary Research on AIDS, Yale School of Public Health, New Haven, CT, 06515, USA
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- Veterans Aging Cohort Study Coordinating Center, VA Connecticut Healthcare System, West Haven, CT, 06516, USA
- Internal Medicine, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, 06515, USA
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- Mental Illness Research, Education and Clinical Center, Crescenz Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, USA
- Department of Psychiatry, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, USA
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- Internal Medicine, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, 06515, USA
- Pain Research, Informatics, Multi-morbidities and Education (PRIME) Center, VA Connecticut Healthcare System, West Haven, CT, 06516, USA
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McGinnis KA, Fiellin DA, Skanderson M, Hser YI, Lucas GM, Justice AC, Tate JP. Opioid use trajectory groups and changes in a physical health biomarker among HIV-positive and uninfected patients receiving opioid agonist treatment. Drug Alcohol Depend 2019; 204:107511. [PMID: 31546119 PMCID: PMC6993986 DOI: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2019.06.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/26/2018] [Revised: 05/31/2019] [Accepted: 06/03/2019] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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BACKGROUND Objective outcomes for measuring the physical health effects of substance use disorder treatment are needed. We compared the responsiveness of CD4, HIV-1 RNA and a biomarker index (VACS Index 2.0) to changes in opioid use among people with HIV (PWH) and uninfected individuals receiving opioid agonist treatment (OAT). METHODS Electronic health record data were used to identify patients who received ≥90 days of OAT and had ≥1 urine toxicology test in the Veterans Aging Cohort Study. Trajectory models identified patterns of opioid urine toxicology results. We used linear regression adjusted for age and race/ethnicity to determine associations between opioid toxicology groups and biomarker changes from up to one-year pre OAT to 3-15 months after OAT initiation. RESULTS Among 266 with detectable HIV-1 RNA, 366 with suppressed HIV-1 RNA, and 1183 uninfected patients, we identified five opioid toxicology groups ranging from consistently negative (54%) to consistently positive (9%). Among PWH with detectable HIV-1 RNA, all three biomarkers improved more for those consistently negative compared to those consistently positive (all p < .05). Among PWH with suppressed HIV-1 RNA, CD4 improved for those consistently negative; and worsened for those in the slow decrease toward negative group (p = .04). Among those uninfected, VACS Index 2.0 did not differ by opioid toxicology groups. CONCLUSIONS Among patients on OAT, changes in biomarkers are associated with opioid toxicology groups among PWH, but vary by HIV-1 RNA. These findings may be useful for measuring the health effects of OAT.
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA; Center for Interdisciplinary Research on AIDS, Yale School of Public Health, New Haven, CT, USA
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- Integrated Substance Abuse Programs, Univeristy of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Veterans Affairs Connecticut Healthcare System, West Haven, CT, USA; Department of Internal Medicine, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA
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- Veterans Affairs Connecticut Healthcare System, West Haven, CT, USA; Department of Internal Medicine, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA
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Shahani L, Breaux K, Lin M, Marcelli M, Rodriguez-Barradas MC. Veterans Aging Cohort Study Index as a Marker of Bone Disease in HIV-Infected Patients. AIDS Res Hum Retroviruses 2019; 35:1143-1147. [PMID: 31379187 DOI: 10.1089/aid.2019.0155] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023] Open
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People living with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection have higher risk of low bone mineral density (BMD) and fragility fracture than general population. The aim of our retrospective study was to explore if HIV-specific Veterans Aging Cohort Study (VACS) Index and its specific components could help identify patients at risk for low BMD. A total of 195 HIV-infected patients with dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) scan between 2007 and 2014 were included and DXA scan results were used to classify patients with osteopenia. VACS Index was calculated for all patients using laboratory values closest to the date of DXA scan. Logistic regression was used to assess the association between VACS Index score or individual components of VACS Index with the presence of low BMD after adjusting for confounding variables. A total of 109 (56%) patients were diagnosed with low BMD. VACS Index score was significantly associated with low BMD, with the odds of low BMD increasing 1.21 times for each 10 unit increase in VACS Index score [confidence interval (95% CI) 1.03-1.42; p = .02]. The two groups differed significantly on patient weights, proportion of white patients, and hepatitis C-coinfected patients. After adjusting for white race and weight, hepatitis C coinfection was significantly associated with increased risk of low BMD (odds ratio 24.4; 95% CI 7.45-80.16). VACS Index score, previously demonstrated to be a marker of frailty in HIV-infected patients, is significantly associated with risk of low BMD and could be used to develop a prediction tool to screen for low BMD in resource-limited setting where DXA scans are not easily available.
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- Lokesh Shahani
- The Section of Infectious Diseases, The Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center, Houston, Texas
- The Department of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas
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- The Section of Infectious Diseases, The Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center, Houston, Texas
- The Department of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas
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- Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, The Department of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas
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- The Department of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas
- The Section of Endocrinology, The Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center, Houston, Texas
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- The Section of Infectious Diseases, The Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center, Houston, Texas
- The Department of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas
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PURPOSE OF REVIEW As a consequence of antiretroviral therapy, the proportion of older HIV-infected adults is increasing, with a concomitant shift in burden of illness to age-related syndromes and disease. Frailty is an age-related syndrome of increased vulnerability to stress, predictive of major adverse clinical outcomes among HIV-infected and uninfected persons alike. Understanding frailty pathogenesis is critical to developing interventions to improve health outcomes in HIV. Here, we review the current evidence for the relationship between inflammation and frailty in HIV, and the potential for novel, inflammation-targeted interventions. RECENT FINDINGS Dysregulated inflammation has been consistently associated with frailty in elderly HIV-uninfected persons. Dysregulated inflammation is also central to HIV pathophysiology and several recent studies have demonstrated the important association of inflammation with frailty in HIV. Some evidence suggests that anti-inflammatory therapies may be effective in ameliorating the adverse impact of frailty among aging HIV-infected adults, though further investigation is necessary. Inflammation has been implicated in frailty in HIV infection, and improved understanding of the role that inflammation plays in frailty pathogenesis is key to the development of effective therapies to slow or prevent frailty in the vulnerable HIV-infected population.
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Gender differences for frailty in HIV-infected patients on stable antiretroviral therapy and with an undetectable viral load. PLoS One 2019; 14:e0215764. [PMID: 31071105 PMCID: PMC6508723 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0215764] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/21/2018] [Accepted: 04/08/2019] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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Background Patients with HIV infection suffer from accelerated aging. In this context, frailty could be a relevant problem that aggravates the quality of life (QoL) and morbi-mortality of these patients. Our objective was to determine the prevalence of frailty and pre-frailty in HIV-infected patients in our cohort as well as their risk factors and QoL. Methods This was a prospective cross-sectional study of HIV-infected people aged ≥18 years on a stable antiretroviral regimen (ART) ≥1 year. Frailty was defined by ≥3 of 5 Fried's criteria: weight loss, low physical activity, exhaustion, weak grip strength and slow walking time. Variables related to sociodemographics, HIV infection, comorbidities, polypharmacy, and QoL were evaluated. Independent predictors of frailty were evaluated using collinearity in a multivariate logistic regression analyses (backward stepwise elimination). Results The 248 people studied has a mean age of 49 years, 63.7% were male, and 81% were Caucasian. The prevalence of pre-frailty and fragility was 39.1% and 4.4%, respectively. The main route of HIV acquisition was heterosexual (47.2%). At the inclusion time 26.6% of the patients had AIDS events, 60.9% were anti-HCV negative, and 91.5% had HIV RNA <50 copies/mL (84.3% for ≥1 year); 10.9% had >2 comorbidities, and 13.3% were receiving >5 non-HIV drugs. Frailty patients had a higher age (p 0.006), more sensitive deficits (visual or auditory) (p 0.002), a greater number of falls during the previous year (p 0.0001), a higher Charlson comorbidity index (p 0.001), and a higher VACS index (p 0.001). All comorbidities, excluding bone and liver, were significantly more frequent in fragile patients. The presence of >2 comorbidities and treatment with >5 drugs not related to HIV they were also more frequent in frail patienst (p 0.0001 and p 0.004, respectively). Independent predictors of pre-frailty/frailty in the multivariable analysis differ in men (VACS index, C-reactive protein [CRP], and falls) and women (CRP, AIDS, and menopause). Patients with pre-frailty/frailty had some indicator of a lower QoL. Conclusion Factors associated with pre-frailty/frailty in HIV-infected patients differ by gender, which should be considered when establishing measures for prevention. The role of menopause in the risk of pre-frailty/frailty warrants further investigations.
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Brothers TD, Rockwood K. Frailty: a new vulnerability indicator in people aging with HIV. Eur Geriatr Med 2019; 10:219-226. [PMID: 34652747 DOI: 10.1007/s41999-018-0143-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/21/2018] [Accepted: 11/24/2018] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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PURPOSE To review the concept of frailty and its measurement, describe the existing data on frailty in people living with HIV, examine the limits of frailty as a marker of vulnerability in people living with HIV, and explore how frailty measurement could be incorporated into HIV care. METHODS Narrative literature review. RESULTS Frailty is an emerging marker of vulnerability that is increasingly being assessed among people aging with HIV. Which frailty measurement tool is best for people with HIV has not yet been established, and likely depends on clinical context. Evaluation of vulnerability should take into account social and structural factors. Frailty assessment can be incorporated into clinical care as a part of comprehensive geriatric assessment. Models of HIV-geriatric care are being established. CONCLUSIONS As a group, people with HIV are aging and increasingly face multiple interacting age-related medical and social problems. It requires remarkable resilience to age successfully with HIV. The clinical care of people aging with HIV could benefit from a focus on frailty and related social vulnerability to better understand patients' needs and develop appropriate goals and care plans.
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- Division of Geriatric Medicine, Dalhousie University, 1421-5955 Veterans' Memorial Lane, Halifax, NS, B3H 2E1, Canada. .,Centre for Health Care of the Elderly, QEII Health Sciences Centre, Nova Scotia Health Authority, Halifax, NS, Canada.
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Tate JP, Sterne JAC, Justice AC. Albumin, white blood cell count, and body mass index improve discrimination of mortality in HIV-positive individuals. AIDS 2019; 33:903-912. [PMID: 30649058 PMCID: PMC6749990 DOI: 10.1097/qad.0000000000002140] [Citation(s) in RCA: 65] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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OBJECTIVE Despite viral suppression and immune response on antiretroviral therapy, people with HIV infection experience excess mortality compared with uninfected individuals. The Veterans Aging Cohort Study (VACS) Index incorporates clinical biomarkers of general health with age, CD4 cell count, and HIV-1 RNA to discriminate mortality risk in a variety of HIV-positive populations. We asked whether additional biomarkers further enhance discrimination. DESIGN AND METHODS Using patients from VACS for development and from the Antiretroviral Therapy Cohort Collaboration (ART-CC) for validation, we obtained laboratory values from a randomly selected visit from 2000 to 2014, at least 1 year after antiretroviral therapy initiation. Patients were followed for 5-year, all-cause mortality through September 2016. We fitted Cox models with established predictors and added new predictors based on model fit and Harrell's c-statistic. We converted all variables to continuous functional forms and selected the best model (VACS Index 2.0) for validation in ART-CC patients. We compared discrimination using c-statistics and Kaplan-Meier plots. RESULTS Among 28 390 VACS patients and 12 109 ART-CC patients, 7293 and 722 died, respectively. Nadir CD4, CD8, and CD4 : CD8 ratio did not improve discrimination. Addition of albumin, white blood count, and BMI, improved c-statistics in VACS from 0.776 to 0.805 and in ART-CC from 0.800 to 0.831. Results were robust in all nine ART-CC cohorts, all lengths of follow-up and all subgroups. CONCLUSION VACS Index 2.0, adding albumin, white blood count, and BMI to version 1.0 and using continuous variables, provides improved discrimination and is highly transportable to external settings.
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- Janet P Tate
- VA Connecticut Health Systems, West Haven, Connecticut, USA
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Sharma A, Shi Q, Hoover DR, Tien PC, Plankey MW, Cohen MH, Golub ET, Gustafson D, Yin MT. Frailty predicts fractures among women with and at-risk for HIV. AIDS 2019; 33:455-463. [PMID: 30702514 PMCID: PMC6361531 DOI: 10.1097/qad.0000000000002082] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To determine associations between frailty and fracture in women with and without HIV infection. DESIGN Prospective longitudinal cohort study evaluating associations between baseline frailty status and frailty components, with first and second incident fractures. METHODS We evaluated associations of frailty with fracture among 1332 women with HIV and 532 uninfected women without HIV. Frailty was defined as at least three of five Fried Frailty Index components: slow gait, reduced grip strength, exhaustion, unintentional weight loss, and low physical activity. Cox proportional hazards models determined predictors of time to first and second fracture; similar models evaluated Fried Frailty Index components. RESULTS Women with HIV were older (median 42 vs. 39 years, P < 0.0001) and more often frail (14 vs. 8%, P = 0.04) than women without HIV; median follow-up was 10.6 years. Frailty was independently associated with time to first fracture in women with and without HIV combined [adjusted hazard ratio (aHR) 1.71, 95% confidence interval (CI): 1.30-2.26; P = 0.0001], and among women with HIV only (aHR 1.91, 95% CI: 1.41-2.58; P < 0.0001), as well as with time from first to second fracture among women with HIV (aHR 1.86, 95% CI: 1.15-3.01; P = 0.01). CONCLUSION In this cohort of middle-aged racial and ethnic minority women with or at-risk for HIV, frailty was a strong and independent predictor of fracture risk. As women with HIV continue to age, early frailty screening may be a useful clinical tool to help identify those at greatest risk of fracture.
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- Anjali Sharma
- Department of Medicine, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY
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- Department of Epidemiology and Community Health, New York Medical College, Valhalla, NY
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- Department of Statistics and Biostatistics, Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ
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- Division of Infectious Diseases, University of California at San Francisco and San Francisco Veterans Affairs Medical Center, CA
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- Department of Medicine, Georgetown University School of Medicine, Washington DC
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- Departments of Medicine, Stroger (formerly Cook County) Hospital and Rush University
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- Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD
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- Department of Neurology, State University of New York Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY
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- Division of Infectious Diseases, Columbia University Medical Center, NY, NY
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Rentsch CT, Fiellin DA, Bryant KJ, Justice AC, Tate JP. Association Between Gabapentin Receipt for Any Indication and Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test-Consumption Scores Among Clinical Subpopulations With and Without Alcohol Use Disorder. Alcohol Clin Exp Res 2019; 43:522-530. [PMID: 30620410 DOI: 10.1111/acer.13953] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/31/2018] [Accepted: 12/28/2018] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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BACKGROUND Current medications for alcohol use disorder (AUD) have limited efficacy and utilization. Some clinical trials have shown efficacy for gabapentin among treatment-seeking individuals. The impact of gabapentin on alcohol consumption in a more general sample remains unknown. METHODS We identified patients prescribed gabapentin for ≥180 consecutive days for any clinical indication other than substance use treatment between 2009 and 2015 in the Veterans Aging Cohort Study. We propensity-score matched each gabapentin-exposed patient with up to 5 unexposed patients. Multivariable difference-in-difference (DiD) linear regression models estimated the differential change in Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test-Consumption (AUDIT-C) scores during follow-up between exposed and unexposed patients, by baseline level of alcohol consumption and daily gabapentin dose. Analyses were stratified by AUD history. Clinically meaningful changes were a priori considered a DiD ≥1 point. RESULTS Among patients with AUD, AUDIT-C scores decreased 0.39 points (95% confidence interval [CI] 0.05, 0.73) more among exposed than unexposed patients (p < 0.03). Potentially clinically meaningful differences were observed among those with AUD and exposed to ≥1,500 mg/d (DiD 0.77, 95% CI 0.15, 1.38, p < 0.02). No statistically significant effects were found among patients with AUD at doses lower than 1,500 mg/d or baseline AUDIT-C ≥4. Among patients without AUD, we found no overall difference in changes in AUDIT-C scores, nor in analyses stratified by baseline level of alcohol consumption. CONCLUSIONS Patients exposed to doses of gabapentin consistent with those used in clinical trials, particularly those with AUD, experienced a greater decrease in AUDIT-C scores than matched unexposed patients.
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- Christopher T Rentsch
- Veterans Aging Cohort Study Coordinating Center, VA Connecticut Healthcare System, West Haven, Connecticut.,Department of Internal Medicine, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut.,Faculty of Epidemiology and Population Health, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut.,Center for Interdisciplinary Research on AIDS, Yale School of Public Health, New Haven, Connecticut
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- Director of HIV/AIDS Research (KJB), National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, Bethesda, Maryland
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- Veterans Aging Cohort Study Coordinating Center, VA Connecticut Healthcare System, West Haven, Connecticut.,Department of Internal Medicine, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut.,Center for Interdisciplinary Research on AIDS, Yale School of Public Health, New Haven, Connecticut
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- Veterans Aging Cohort Study Coordinating Center, VA Connecticut Healthcare System, West Haven, Connecticut.,Department of Internal Medicine, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut
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Jiménez Z, Sánchez-Conde M, Brañas F. [HIV infection as a cause of accelerated aging and frailty]. Rev Esp Geriatr Gerontol 2019; 53:105-110. [PMID: 28601217 DOI: 10.1016/j.regg.2017.04.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/01/2017] [Accepted: 04/04/2017] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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The HIV-infected population is aging due to the success of combination antiretroviral therapy, which prolongs survival, as well as the growing number of newly diagnosed cases in adults 50 years old and over. HIV-infected individuals suffer from an accelerated aging due to the persistent and chronic activation of the immune system that leads to immune exhaustion and accelerated immunosenescence, even when on optimal immuno-virological control treatment. The clinical expression of the immunosenescence state is an increased prevalence of aging-related non-HIV associated comorbidities and a rising prevalence of frailty occurring earlier than in the general population. Thus, HIV-infected patients are biologically older than their chronological age, and they suffer from aging-related problems, such as frailty, which should be assessed.
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- Zaida Jiménez
- Servicio de Urgencias, Hospital Universitario Infanta Leonor, Madrid, España
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- Servicio de Enfermedades Infecciosas, Hospital Universitario Ramón y Cajal, Madrid, España
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- Unidad de Geriatría, Hospital Universitario Infanta Leonor, Madrid, España.
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Sutton SS, Magagnoli J, Cummings TH, Hardin JW, Edun B, Beaubrun A. Chronic kidney disease, cardiovascular disease, and osteoporotic fractures in patients with and without HIV in the US Veteran's Affairs Administration System. Curr Med Res Opin 2019; 35:117-125. [PMID: 30378450 DOI: 10.1080/03007995.2018.1543183] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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Objective: To evaluate the risk of chronic kidney disease (CKD), cardiovascular disease (CVD), and osteoporotic fractures in human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) patients utilizing data within the Veteran's Affairs (VA) Administration system.Methods: A retrospective cohort study utilizing VA system claims (January 2000-December 2016) were extracted from the VA Informatics and Computing Infrastructure (VINCI). Cases included Veterans with an ICD-9/10 for HIV who had at least one prescription for a complete antiretroviral therapy (ART) regimen. Two non-HIV controls were exactly matched on race, sex, month, and year of birth. All patients were followed until the earliest of the following: first incidence of the outcome (identified based on diagnosis codes or laboratory data), last date of VA activity, death, or December 31, 2016. Relative risks (RR) and odds ratios (ORs) were estimated from multivariable Poisson regression models (CVD and osteoporotic fractures) and multivariable logistic regression models (CKD), respectively. Models were adjusted for demographic factors/comorbidities.Results: A total of 79,578 patients (26,526 HIV and 53,052 non-HIV) met all study criteria. The average age was 49.3 years, 38% were black, 32% were white, and 97% were male for both the HIV and control cohorts. The adjusted models demonstrated that HIV was associated with a 78% increased rate of CKD (OR = 1.78, 95% CI = 1.68-1.89), a 32% increased risk of CVD (RR = 1.32, 95% CI = 1.28-1.37), and a 38% increased risk of fractures (RR = 1.38, 95% CI = 1.23-1.56) compared to non-HIV controls.Conclusions: The risk/rate of the three outcomes were significantly higher in HIV patients compared to controls.
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- S S Sutton
- College of Pharmacy, Department of Clinical Pharmacy and Outcomes Sciences, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, USA
- Dorn Research Institute, WJB Dorn Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Columbia, SC, USA
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- Dorn Research Institute, WJB Dorn Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Columbia, SC, USA
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- Dorn Research Institute, WJB Dorn Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Columbia, SC, USA
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- Department of Epidemiology & Biostatistics, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, USA
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- Dorn Research Institute, WJB Dorn Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Columbia, SC, USA
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Falutz J, Kirkland S, Guaraldi G. Geriatric Syndromes in People Living with HIV Associated with Ageing and Increasing Comorbidities: Implications for Neurocognitive Complications of HIV Infection. Curr Top Behav Neurosci 2019; 50:301-327. [PMID: 31907879 DOI: 10.1007/7854_2019_119] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Long-term survival of treated people living with HIV (PLWH) currently approaches that of the general population. The average age of PLWH is currently in the mid-50s in resource-rich countries and is predicted that over 40% of PLWH will be older than 60 within a decade. Similar trends have been confirmed in all communities of PLWH with access to antiretroviral therapies. However, the positive impact on survival has been challenged by several developments. Ageing PLWH have clinical features similar to the general population about 5-10 years older. In addition to the earlier occurrence of common age-related conditions common geriatric syndromes have also impacted this population prematurely. These are often difficult to evaluate and manage conditions usually of multifactorial aetiology. They include polypharmacy, frailty, impaired mobility and falls, sarcopenia, sensory impairment, and increasingly, non-dementing cognitive decline. Cognitive decline is of particular concern to PLWH and their care providers. In the general geriatric population cognitive impairment increases with age and occurs in all populations with a prevalence of over 25% in people over 80. Effective treatments are lacking and therefore minimizing risk factors plays an important role in maintaining healthspan. In the general population geriatric syndromes may increase the risk of cognitive decline. The corollary is that decreasing the risk of their development may limit cognitive impairment. Whether a similar status holds in PLWH is uncertain. This chapter will address the question of whether common geriatric syndromes in PLWH contribute to cognitive impairment. Common risk factors may provide clues to limit or delay cognitive decline.
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- Julian Falutz
- McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, QC, Canada.
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Molina PE, Simon L, Amedee AM, Welsh DA, Ferguson TF. Impact of Alcohol on HIV Disease Pathogenesis, Comorbidities and Aging: Integrating Preclinical and Clinical Findings. Alcohol Alcohol 2018; 53:439-447. [PMID: 29546271 DOI: 10.1093/alcalc/agy016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/22/2017] [Accepted: 03/01/2018] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Short Summary : Effective combined antiretroviral therapy regimens have extended survival of persons living with HIV (PLWH). Heavy alcohol consumption is common in PLWH. This overview integrates evidence from clinical and preclinical research to identify salient alcohol-related mechanisms and comorbidities contributing to disease pathogenesis and accelerated aging and senescence in PLWH.
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- Patricia E Molina
- Comprehensive Alcohol-HIV/AIDS Research Center and Alcohol and Drug Abuse Center of Excellence, LSUHSC, 1901 Perdido St., New Orleans, LA, USA
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- Comprehensive Alcohol-HIV/AIDS Research Center and Alcohol and Drug Abuse Center of Excellence, LSUHSC, 1901 Perdido St., New Orleans, LA, USA
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- Comprehensive Alcohol-HIV/AIDS Research Center and Alcohol and Drug Abuse Center of Excellence, LSUHSC, 1901 Perdido St., New Orleans, LA, USA
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- Comprehensive Alcohol-HIV/AIDS Research Center and Alcohol and Drug Abuse Center of Excellence, LSUHSC, 1901 Perdido St., New Orleans, LA, USA
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- Comprehensive Alcohol-HIV/AIDS Research Center and Alcohol and Drug Abuse Center of Excellence, LSUHSC, 1901 Perdido St., New Orleans, LA, USA
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Premaor MO, Compston JE. The Hidden Burden of Fractures in People Living With HIV. JBMR Plus 2018; 2:247-256. [PMID: 30283906 PMCID: PMC6139727 DOI: 10.1002/jbm4.10055] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/02/2018] [Revised: 04/02/2018] [Accepted: 04/11/2018] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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The survival of people living with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) has increased markedly since the advent of antiretroviral therapy (ART). However, other morbidities have emerged, including osteoporosis. The estimated incidence of fractures at any site in people living with HIV ranges from 0.1 per 1000 person‐years to 8.4 per 1000 person‐years: at least twice that of people without HIV. This increased risk seems to be related to HIV itself and its treatment. Risk factors for bone disease in HIV‐positive (HIV+) subjects include both classical risk factors for osteoporosis and fracture and factors linked to HIV itself, such as inflammation, reconstitution syndrome, low CD4, ART, and co‐infection with hepatitis B and C viruses. The risk of fractures in these individuals can be at least partially assessed by measurement of BMD and the Fracture Risk Assessment Tool (FRAX™). Only alendronate and zoledronic acid have been studied in HIV+ individuals; both show beneficial effects on BMD, although data on fracture reduction are not available. © 2018 The Authors. JBMR Plus Published by Wiley Periodicals, Inc. on behalf of American Society for Bone and Mineral Research.
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- Melissa O Premaor
- Department of Clinical Medicine Health Sciences Center Federal University of Santa Maria Santa Maria Brazil
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- Department of Medicine Cambridge Biomedical Campus Cambridge United Kingdom
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Ilha TASH, Comim FV, Copes RM, Compston JE, Premaor MO. HIV and Vertebral Fractures: a Systematic Review and Metanalysis. Sci Rep 2018; 8:7838. [PMID: 29777162 PMCID: PMC5959850 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-018-26312-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/05/2017] [Accepted: 05/09/2018] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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The survival of HIV-infected patients has increased with the advent of antiretroviral therapy with the emergence of new comorbidities. Vertebral fracture is a manifestation of reduced bone strength and osteoporosis. This study aims to assess the frequency of spine fractures in HIV-positive men and women aged over 18 years. We performed a systematic review of randomized controlled trials, cohort studies, cross-sectional studies, and case-control studies. Studies that evaluated morphometric and/or clinical vertebral fracture were included. In total 488 studies were found, of which 53 had their full texts evaluated. A total of 85,411 HIV positive individuals were identified in 26 studies. The meta-analysis of the prevalence of vertebral fractures included 12 studies with 10,593 subjects. The prevalence was 11.1% [95% confidence interval (95% CI) 4.5%, 25.0%, I2 98.2% p < 0.00001]. When we evaluated independently studies of clinical vertebral fracture and morphometric vertebral fracture, the prevalence was 3.9% (95% CI 0.9, 15.8, I2 96.4% p < 0.00001) and 20.2% (95% CI 15.7%, 25.6%, I2 69.9% p = 0.003) respectively. HIV-infected individuals had an odds ratio of vertebral fractures of 2.3 (95% CI 1.37, 3.85, I2 98.2% p < 0.00001) when compared with HIV-uninfected patients (n = 9 studies). In conclusion, HIV-positive subjects had a higher risk of vertebral fractures when compared with HIV-negative subjects.
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- Thales A S H Ilha
- Pós-graduação em Farmacologia, Health Sciences Center, Federal University of Santa Maria, Santa Maria, Brazil
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- Pós-graduação em Farmacologia, Health Sciences Center, Federal University of Santa Maria, Santa Maria, Brazil.,Department of Clinical Medicine, Health Sciences Center, Federal University of Santa Maria, Santa Maria, Brazil
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- Pós-graduação em Farmacologia, Health Sciences Center, Federal University of Santa Maria, Santa Maria, Brazil.,Department of Clinical Medicine, Health Sciences Center, Federal University of Santa Maria, Santa Maria, Brazil
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- Pós-graduação em Farmacologia, Health Sciences Center, Federal University of Santa Maria, Santa Maria, Brazil. .,Department of Clinical Medicine, Health Sciences Center, Federal University of Santa Maria, Santa Maria, Brazil.
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Marquine MJ, Flores I, Kamat R, Johnson N, Umlauf A, Letendre S, Jeste D, Grant I, Moore D, Heaton RK. A composite of multisystem injury and neurocognitive impairment in HIV infection: association with everyday functioning. J Neurovirol 2018; 24:549-556. [PMID: 29777462 DOI: 10.1007/s13365-018-0643-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/05/2018] [Revised: 03/23/2018] [Accepted: 04/20/2018] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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The Veterans Aging Cohort Study (VACS) Index is a composite marker of multisystem injury among HIV-infected persons. We aimed to examine its cross-sectional association with functional outcomes, after considering neurocognitive impairment (NCI) and other well-established correlates of everyday functioning among HIV-infected persons. Participants included 670 HIV-infected adults (ages 18-76; 88% male; 63% non-Hispanic White; median current CD4 = 404 cells/mm3; 67% on antiretroviral therapy; AIDS = 63%) enrolled in observational studies at the University of California San Diego HIV Neurobehavioral Research Program. Functional outcomes were assessed via self-report measures of declines in activities of daily living, perceived cognitive symptoms in daily life, and employment status. NCI was assessed via a comprehensive neurocognitive test battery and defined based on established methods. Covariates examined included demographics, HIV disease characteristics not included in the VACS Index, and psychiatric comorbidities. The VACS Index was computed via standard methods and categorized based on its distribution. Results from multivariable regression models showed that both higher VACS Index scores (indicative of worse health) and the presence of NCI were independently associated with declines in activities of daily living, increased cognitive symptoms in daily life, and unemployment. These independent effects remained after adjusting for significant covariates. In conclusion, the VACS Index may be a useful tool for identifying HIV-infected patients at high risk for everyday functioning problems. Considering factors such as NCI, historical HIV disease characteristics, and current mood might be particularly important to enhance the predictive power of the VACS Index for functional status among HIV-infected persons.
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- María J Marquine
- Department of Psychiatry, University of California San Diego, 9500 Gilman Drive, La Jolla, San Diego, CA, 92093-0603, USA.
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- Neuroscience Graduate Program, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of California San Diego, 9500 Gilman Drive, La Jolla, San Diego, CA, 92093-0603, USA
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- Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, Washington University, Saint Louis, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of California San Diego, 9500 Gilman Drive, La Jolla, San Diego, CA, 92093-0603, USA
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- Department of Medicine, University of California, San Diego, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of California San Diego, 9500 Gilman Drive, La Jolla, San Diego, CA, 92093-0603, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of California San Diego, 9500 Gilman Drive, La Jolla, San Diego, CA, 92093-0603, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of California San Diego, 9500 Gilman Drive, La Jolla, San Diego, CA, 92093-0603, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of California San Diego, 9500 Gilman Drive, La Jolla, San Diego, CA, 92093-0603, USA
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Vitiello P, Taramasso L, Ricci E, Maggi P, Martinelli C, Gabrielli C, Vittorio De Socio G, Di Cristo V, Rusconi S, Falasca K, Menzaghi B, Tebini A, Di Biagio A. Use of quantitative ultrasound as bone mineral density evaluation in an Italian female population living with HIV: A real-life experience. J Women Aging 2018; 31:176-188. [PMID: 29369016 DOI: 10.1080/08952841.2018.1428100] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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This is a multicenter cross-sectional study where we aimed to detect the rate of osteopenia/osteoporosis in an HIV female population (WLWHIV) by means of "heel quantitative ultrasound" (QUS) measurement. We enrolled 273 patients, mean age 48.1 years, 36% menopausal, 96% on combination antiretroviral therapy (cART). Calcaneal measure of bone mass index by QUS revealed osteopenia and osteoporosis in 76 (27.8%) and 16 (5.9%) WLWHIV. Our data underline the correlation between low QUS parameters and traditional risk factors for osteoporosis rather than with cART exposure, thus suggesting the crucial importance of detection and correction of traditional risk factors for osteoporosis in WLWHIV.
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- Paola Vitiello
- a Infectious Diseases Unit , ASST Valle Olona, Busto Arsizio Hospital , Busto Arsizio , Italy
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- b Infectious Diseases Clinic and University of Genova , Genova , Italy
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- c Epi2004 , ASST Fatebenefratelli Sacco , Milano , Italy
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- d Infectious Diseases Institute , University of Bari , Bari , Italy
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- f Infectious Diseases Clinic , Santa Maria Hospital , Perugia , Italy
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- g Infectious Diseases Unit and University of Milan , DIBIC Luigi Sacco , Milan , Italy
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- g Infectious Diseases Unit and University of Milan , DIBIC Luigi Sacco , Milan , Italy
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- h Clinic of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine and Science of Aging , University "G. d'Annunzio" Chieti-Pescara , Chieti , Italy
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- a Infectious Diseases Unit , ASST Valle Olona, Busto Arsizio Hospital , Busto Arsizio , Italy
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- a Infectious Diseases Unit , ASST Valle Olona, Busto Arsizio Hospital , Busto Arsizio , Italy
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- i Infectious Diseases Clinic , IRCCS San Martino-IST , Genova , Italy
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Zhang X, Hu Y, Justice AC, Li B, Wang Z, Zhao H, Krystal JH, Xu K. DNA methylation signatures of illicit drug injection and hepatitis C are associated with HIV frailty. Nat Commun 2017; 8:2243. [PMID: 29269866 PMCID: PMC5740109 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-017-02326-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/22/2017] [Accepted: 11/20/2017] [Indexed: 01/13/2023] Open
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Intravenous illicit drug use (IDU) and hepatitis C infection (HCV) commonly co-occur among HIV-infected individuals. These co-occurring conditions may produce interacting epigenetic effects in white blood cells that influence immune function and health outcomes. Here, we report an epigenome-wide association analysis comparing IDU+/ HCV+ and IDU-/HCV- in 386 HIV-infected individuals as a discovery sample and in 412 individuals as a replication sample. We observe 6 significant CpGs in the promoters of 4 genes, NLRC5, TRIM69, CX3CR1, and BCL9, in the discovery sample and in meta-analysis. We identify 19 differentially methylated regions on chromosome 6 harboring MHC gene clusters. Importantly, a panel of IDU+/HCV+-associated CpGs discriminated HIV frailty based upon a validated index with an area under the curve of 79.3% for high frailty and 82.3% for low frailty. These findings suggest that IDU and HCV involve epigenetic programming and that their associated methylation signatures discriminate HIV pathophysiologic frailty.
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- Xinyu Zhang
- Department of Psychiatry, Yale School of Medicine, 300 George Street, New Haven, CT, 06511, USA
- VA Connecticut Healthcare System, 950 Campbell Avenue, West Haven, CT, 06516, USA
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- National Cancer Institute Center for Biomedical Information & Information Technology, 9609 Medical Center Drive, Bethesda, MD, 20850, USA
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- VA Connecticut Healthcare System, 950 Campbell Avenue, West Haven, CT, 06516, USA
- Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven Veterans Affairs Connecticut Healthcare System, New Haven, CT, 06516, USA
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- Department of Biostatistics, Yale School of Public Health, New Haven, CT, 06511, USA
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- Department of Biostatistics, Yale School of Public Health, New Haven, CT, 06511, USA
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- Department of Biostatistics, Yale School of Public Health, New Haven, CT, 06511, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, Yale School of Medicine, 300 George Street, New Haven, CT, 06511, USA
- VA Connecticut Healthcare System, 950 Campbell Avenue, West Haven, CT, 06516, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, Yale School of Medicine, 300 George Street, New Haven, CT, 06511, USA.
- VA Connecticut Healthcare System, 950 Campbell Avenue, West Haven, CT, 06516, USA.
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McGinty T, Mallon P. Protecting bone in long-term HIV positive patients receiving antiretrovirals. Expert Rev Anti Infect Ther 2017; 14:587-99. [PMID: 27189695 DOI: 10.1080/14787210.2016.1184570] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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INTRODUCTION As the population of people living with HIV ages, the increase in non-AIDs morbidities is expected to increase in parallel. Maintaining bone health in those with HIV will be an important area of focus for the HIV clinician to prevent the morbidity and mortality associated with fragility fractures, the principal clinical sequela of low bone mineral density (BMD). Rates of fractures and prevalence of low bone mineral density, a risk factor for future fragility fractures, are already increased in the HIV positive population. AREAS COVERED This review examines the strategies to maintain bone health in those living with HIV from screening through to managing those with established low BMD or fracture, including the role for choice of or modification of antiretroviral therapy to maintain bone health. Expert commentary: The increasing complexity of managing bone health in the age of succesful antiretroviral therapy and an aging patient population as well as future perspectives which may help achieve the long term aim of minimising the impact of low BMD in those with HIV are discussed and explored.
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- a School of Medicine , University College Dublin , Dublin , Ireland
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- a School of Medicine , University College Dublin , Dublin , Ireland
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Walston J, Robinson TN, Zieman S, Eldadah BA, McFarland F, Carpenter CR, Althoff KN, Andrew MK, Blaum CS, Brown PJ, Buta B, Ely EW, Ferrucci L, High KP, Kritchevsky SB, Rockwood K, Schmader KE, Sierra F, Sink KM, Varadhan R, Hurria A. Integrating Frailty Research into the Medical Specialties-Report from a U13 Conference. J Am Geriatr Soc 2017; 65:2134-2139. [PMID: 28422280 PMCID: PMC5641231 DOI: 10.1111/jgs.14902] [Citation(s) in RCA: 65] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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Although the field of frailty research has expanded rapidly, it is still a nascent concept within the clinical specialties. Frailty, conceptualized as greater vulnerability to stressors because of significant depletion of physiological reserves, predicts poorer outcomes in several medical specialties, including cardiology, human immunodeficiency virus care, and nephrology, and in the behavioral and social sciences. Lack of a consensus definition, proliferation of measurement tools, inadequate understanding of the biology of frailty, and lack of validated clinical algorithms for frail individuals hinders incorporation of frailty assessment and frailty research into the specialties. In 2015, the American Geriatrics Society, the National Institute on Aging (NIA), and the Alliance for Academic Internal Medicine held a conference for awardees of the NIA-sponsored Grants for Early Medical/Surgical Specialists Transition into Aging Research program to review the current state of knowledge regarding frailty in the subspecialties and to highlight examples of integrating frailty research into the medical specialties. Research questions to advance frailty research into specialty medicine are proposed.
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- Jeremy Walston
- Division of Geriatric Medicine and Frailty, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD
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- Division of Geriatrics and Clinical Gerontology, National Institute on Aging/National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD
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- Division of Geriatrics and Clinical Gerontology, National Institute on Aging/National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO
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- Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD
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- Division of Geriatric Medicine, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia
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- Division of Geriatric Medicine and Palliative Care, Department of Medicine, New York University, New York, NY
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- Psychiatry, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, NY
- Program on Healthy Aging and Late Life Brain Disorders, Division of Geriatric Psychiatry, New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York, NY
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- Center on Aging and Health, John Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
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- Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care and Health Services Research, Vanderbilt University and VA Geriatric Research Education Clinical Center (GRECC), Nashville, TN
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- Division of Geriatrics and Clinical Gerontology, National Institute on Aging/National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD
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- Sticht Center for Healthy Aging and Alzheimer’s Prevention, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC
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- Division of Geriatric Medicine, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia
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- Center for the Study of Aging, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC
- GRECC Durham VA Medical Center, Durham, NC
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- Division of Aging Biology, National Institute on Aging, NIH, Bethesda, MD
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- Sticht Center for Healthy Aging and Alzheimer’s Prevention, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC
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- Division of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics, Department of Oncology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
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- City of Hope Comprehensive Cancer Center, Department of Medical Oncology and Therapeutic Research, Duarte, CA
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PURPOSE OF REVIEW Evidence-based strategies are needed to address the growing complexity of care of those ageing with HIV so that as life expectancy is extended, quality of life is also enhanced. RECENT FINDINGS Modifiable contributing factors to the quantity and quality of life in adults ageing with HIV include: burden of harmful health behaviours, injury from HIV infection, HIV treatment toxicity and general burden of age-associated comorbidities. In turn, these factors contribute to geriatric syndromes including multimorbidity and polypharmacy, physiologic frailty, falls and fragility fractures and cognitive dysfunction, which further compromise the quality of life long before they lead to mortality. SUMMARY Viral suppression of HIV with combination antiviral therapy has led to increasing longevity but has not enabled a complete return to health among ageing HIV-infected individuals (HIV+). As adults age with HIV, the role of HIV itself and associated inflammation, effects of exposure to antiretroviral agents, the high prevalence of modifiable risk factors for age-associated conditions (e.g. smoking), and the effects of other viral coinfections are all influencing the health trajectory of persons ageing with HIV. We must move from the simplistic notion of HIV becoming a 'chronic controllable illness' to understanding the continually evolving 'treated' history of HIV infection with the burden of age-associated conditions and geriatric syndromes in the context of an altered and ageing immune system.
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OBJECTIVES To determine the incidence of fracture among aging HIV-infected (HIV+) and uninfected men (HIV-). To evaluate factors independently associated with fracture risk. DESIGN Prospective, multicenter cohort study of men with or at risk for HIV. METHODS Outcome measures: all fractures (excluding skull, face and digits) and fragility fractures (vertebral column, femur, wrist and humerus) were collected semiannually in 1221 HIV+ and 1408 HIV- men aged at least 40. Adjusted incident rate ratios (aIRR) with an interaction term for age (40-49, 50-59 and ≥60 years) and HIV serostatus were estimated with Poisson regression models accounting for additional risk factors. RESULTS Fracture incidence increased with age among both HIV+ and HIV- men. Although there was no significant difference in fracture incidence by HIV serostatus among men aged 40-49 years, the HIV+ men aged 50-59 years had a significantly higher incidence of all fractures [aIRR: 2.06 (1.49, 2.84)] and fragility fractures [aIRR: 2.06 (1.21, 3.50)] compared with HIV- participants of similar age. HIV modified the effect of age on all fractures (P = 0.002) but did not significantly modify the effect for fragility fractures (P = 0.135). Hypertension increased the rate of all fractures by 32% after adjustment for covariates [aIRR: 1.32 (1.04, 1.69)]. CONCLUSION Fracture incidence increased with age among HIV+ and HIV- men but was higher among HIV+ men. A significant increase in fracture incidence was found among 50-59-year-old HIV+ men, highlighting the importance of osteoporosis screening for HIV-infected men above the age of 50.
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Hotton AL, Weber KM, Hershow RC, Anastos K, Bacchetti P, Golub ET, Gustafson D, Levine AM, Young M, Cohen MH. Prevalence and Predictors of Hospitalizations Among HIV-Infected and At-Risk HIV-Uninfected Women. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr 2017; 75:e27-e35. [PMID: 28002184 PMCID: PMC5429173 DOI: 10.1097/qai.0000000000001278] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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OBJECTIVES We evaluated the Veterans Aging Cohort Study (VACS) Index score, an index composed of age, CD4 count, viral load, hemoglobin, Hepatitis C coinfection, Fibrosis Index-4, and estimated glomerular filtration rate, and psychosocial and clinical risk factors for all-cause hospitalization among HIV-infected women on highly active antiretroviral therapy and HIV-uninfected women. METHODS Data were collected from 2008 to 2014 from 1585 highly active antiretroviral therapy-experienced HIV infected and 692 uninfected women. Cox proportional hazards regression evaluated predictors of first hospitalization over 2 years. RESULTS Among HIV-infected women, VACS Index score (per 5 points) [adjusted hazard ratio (aHR) 1.08; 95% confidence interval (CI): 1.06 to 1.11], Centers for Epidemiologic Studies-Depression (CESD) scores ≥16 (aHR 1.61; 95% CI: 1.30 to 1.99), smoking (aHR 1.26; 95% CI: 1.02 to 1.55), abuse history (aHR 1.52; 95% CI: 1.20 to 1.93), diabetes (aHR 1.63; 95% CI: 1.31 to 2.04), and black race (aHR 1.28; 95% CI: 1.03 to 1.59) increased risk of hospitalization. Among HIV-uninfected women, VACS Index score (aHR 1.08; 95% CI: 1.03 to 1.13), CESD scores ≥16 (aHR 1.38; 95% CI: 1.02 to 1.86), diabetes (aHR 2.15; 95% CI: 1.57 to 2.95), and black race (aHR 1.61; 95% CI: 1.15 to 2.24) predicted subsequent hospitalization. CONCLUSIONS Psychosocial and clinical factors were associated with risk of hospitalization independently of the VACS Index score. Additional research on contextual and psychosocial influences on health outcomes among women is needed.
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- Anna L Hotton
- *The CORE Center, Cook County Health and Hospitals System, Chicago, IL; †Division of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of Illinois at Chicago, School of Public Health, Chicago, IL; ‡Albert Einstein College of Medicine and Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, NY; §Division of Biostatistics, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA; ‖Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD; ¶Downstate Medical Center, State University of New York, Brooklyn, NY; #City of Hope National Medical Center, Duarte, CA and the Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA; **Division of Infectious Diseases, Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, DC; and ††Departments of Medicine, Stroger Hospital and Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL
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Geriatric Assessments and Association With VACS Index Among HIV-Infected Older Adults in San Francisco. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr 2017; 72:534-41. [PMID: 27028497 DOI: 10.1097/qai.0000000000001009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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OBJECTIVES To perform geriatric assessments in older HIV-infected adults in San Francisco and examine the association with age and the Veterans Aging Cohort Study (VACS) index scores. METHODS A cross-sectional study was conducted from 2012 to 2014 among HIV-infected patients ≥50 years at 2 San Francisco-based HIV clinics. We evaluated 4 health domains: (1) physical health and function (activities of daily living), instrumental activities of daily living (IADL), falls, gait speed, (2) social support (physical and perceived support, loneliness), (3) mental health (depression, anxiety, posttraumatic stress disorder) and cognition, and (4) behavioral and general health (antiretroviral adherence and quality of life). Contingency table and rank-sum analyses examined associations between these domains with age and VACS index scores. RESULTS Three hundred fifty-nine patients completed assessments (median age 57; 85% male; 57% white; 72% >high school education). On functional assessment, 39% reported dependence with ≥1 IADL, and 40% reported falls in the previous year. Fifty-eight percent experienced loneliness, 60% the lowest levels of perceived social support, 55% depression, and 12% posttraumatic stress disorder. Forty percent had possible mild cognitive impairment. Thirty percent reported poor or fair quality of life. Older age was associated with lower CD4 counts, balance problems, slower gait, lower anxiety, poorer general health, and higher antiretroviral adherence. VACS Index score was associated with dependence in ≥1 IADL and antiretroviral adherence. CONCLUSION In a large sample of older HIV-infected adults, multiple significant aging-related conditions were identified. Integrating geriatric assessment tools into HIV/AIDS clinical care may help target interventions to optimize clinical care and quality of life for older HIV-infected individuals.
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Fracture Prediction With Modified-FRAX in Older HIV-Infected and Uninfected Men. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr 2017; 72:513-20. [PMID: 27003493 DOI: 10.1097/qai.0000000000000998] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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BACKGROUND FRAX is a validated, computer-based clinical fracture risk calculator that estimates the 10-year risk of major osteoporotic (clinical spine, forearm, hip, or shoulder) fracture, and hip fracture alone. It is widely used for decision making in fracture prevention, but it may underestimate the risk in HIV-infected individuals. Some experts recommend considering HIV as a cause of secondary osteoporosis when calculating FRAX in HIV-infected individuals. METHODS From the Veterans Aging Cohort Study Virtual Cohort, we included 24,451 HIV-infected and uninfected men aged 50-70 years with complete data in the year 2000 to approximate all but 2 factors (ie, history of secondary osteoporosis and parental hip fracture) for modified-FRAX calculation without bone density and 10-year observational data for incident fragility fracture. The accuracy of the modified-FRAX calculation was compared by the observed/estimated (O/E) ratios of fracture by HIV status. RESULTS The accuracy of modified-FRAX was less for HIV-infected [O/E = 1.62, 95% confidence interval (CI) 1.45 to 1.81] than uninfected men (O/E = 1.29, 95% CI: 1.19 to 1.40), but improved when HIV was included as a cause of secondary osteoporosis (O/E = 1.20, 95% CI: 1.08 to 1.34). However, only 3%-6% of men with incident fractures were correctly identified by the modified-FRAX using accepted FRAX thresholds for pharmacologic therapy. CONCLUSIONS Modified-FRAX underestimated the fracture rates more in older HIV-infected than in otherwise similar uninfected men. The accuracy improved when HIV was included as a cause of secondary osteoporosis, but it still performed poorly for case finding. Further studies are necessary to determine how to use FRAX or define an HIV-specific index to risk stratify for screening and treatment in older HIV-infected individuals.
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Do people with HIV infection have a higher risk of fracture compared with those without HIV infection? Curr Opin HIV AIDS 2016; 11:301-5. [PMID: 26882459 DOI: 10.1097/coh.0000000000000249] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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PURPOSE OF REVIEW This review details recent findings that inform the prevalence and incidence of fractures in people living with HIV (PLWH) and examines the effects of HIV infection and antiretroviral therapy (ART), as well as demographics and traditional risk factors on fractures. As antiretroviral guidelines have recently changed to recommend the introduction of ART at diagnosis of HIV infection, the long-term effects of ART on bone health and fracture risk need to be better understood. RECENT FINDINGS It is apparent that both the effects of HIV infection alone and initiation of ART are associated with significant bone loss in individuals with HIV infection, resulting in osteopenia and osteoporosis. The clinical consequence of low bone mineral density is a greater risk of fragility fractures that are more common in older HIV patients, and those on ART. Frailty occurs at a prevalence of about 10% (about twice that of the general population), and the increased propensity of falls results in greater fracture prevalence, morbidity and mortality. SUMMARY This review examines data from recent cohort studies and clinical trials to inform a better understanding of the complex relationship between the effects of HIV infection, ART and demographics on fractures in PLWH.
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