Prognosis of patients with HIV-1 infection starting antiretroviral therapy in sub-Saharan Africa: a collaborative analysis of scale-up programmes.
Prognosis of patients with HIV-1 infection starting antiretroviral therapy in sub-Saharan Africa: a collaborative analysis of scale-up programmes.
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DOI:
10.1016/s0140-6736(10)60666-6
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发表时间:
2010-08-07
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168.9
通讯作者:
Egger, Matthias
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May, Margaret;Boulle, Andrew;Phiri, Sam;Messou, Eugene;Myer, Landon;Wood, Robin;Keiser, Olivia;Sterne, Jonathan A. C.;Dabis, Francois;Egger, Matthias
Prognostic models have been developed for HIV-1 infected patients who start combination antiretroviral therapy (ART) in high-income countries, but not for patients treated in sub-Saharan Africa. We included 10,331 adult patients who started ART between 2004 and 2007 in ART scale-up programmes in Côte d’Ivoire, South Africa and Malawi. Data were analysed by intention-to-continue-treatment, ignoring treatment changes and interruptions. We used Weibull survival models to construct two prognostic models: one that included baseline CD4 count and one that did not, since in many African settings CD4 count is not routinely measured. During the first year after starting ART, 912 (8.2%) patients died. Baseline CD4 cell count (adjusted hazard ratio 0.21 [95% CI 0.17–0.27] comparing ≥200 with <25 cells/μL), WHO clinical stage (3.45 [2.43–4.90] comparing stages III/IV with I/II), body weight (0.23 [0.18–0.30] comparing ≥60 with <45kg) and anaemia (0.27 [0.20–0.36] comparing none with severe) were strongly associated with mortality. Other independent risk factors were low total lymphocyte count, advanced age and male sex. The CD4 model included CD4 count, clinical stage, body weight, age and sex (160 risk strata). In the alternative model CD4 count was replaced by total lymphocyte count and degree of anaemia (288 risk strata). With the CD4 model the probability of death ranged from 0.9% (95% CI 0.6–1.4) in patients in the lowest risk stratum to 53% (44–62) in patients in the highest risk stratum. The corresponding probabilities for the total lymphocyte/haemoglobin model were 0.9% (0.5–1.4) and 60% (48–71). Prognostic models based on the CD4 cell count, or total lymphocytes and haemoglobin provide similarly strong discrimination in predicting early mortality in patients starting ART in sub-Saharan Africa. These models are useful for counselling patients, planning health services and predicting outcomes at the population level.