Crack cocaine, disease progression, and mortality in a multicenter cohort of HIV-1 positive women.
Crack cocaine, disease progression, and mortality in a multicenter cohort of HIV-1 positive women.
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DOI:
10.1097/qad.0b013e32830507f2
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发表时间:
2008-07-11
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影响因子:
3.8
通讯作者:
Grey, Dennis D.
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Cook, Judith A.;Burke-Miller, Jane K.;Cohen, Mardge H.;Cook, Robert L.;Vlahov, David;Wilson, Tracey E.;Golub, Elizabeth T.;Schwartz, Rebecca M.;Howard, Andrea A.;Ponath, Claudia;Plankey, Michael W.;Levine, Andrea;Grey, Dennis D.
Longitudinal associations between patterns of crack cocaine use and progression of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV-1) disease are poorly understood, especially among women. This paper explores relationships between crack use and HIV-1 disease outcomes in a multi-center cohort of infected women. Subjects were 1686 HIV-seropositive women enrolled at six U.S. research centers in the Women’s Interagency HIV Study. Approximately 80% were nonwhite and 29% used crack during the study period. Cox survival and random regression analysis examined bi-annual observations made April 1996 through September 2004. Outcome measures included: death due to AIDS-related causes; CD4 cell count; HIV-1 RNA level; and newly acquired AIDS-defining illnesses. Persistent crack users were over three times as likely as nonusers to die from AIDS-related causes, controlling for use of highly active antiretroviral viral therapies self-reported at >=95% adherence, problem drinking, age, race, income, education, illness duration, study site, and baseline virologic and immunological indicators. Persistent crack users and intermittent users in active phases showed greater CD4 cell loss and higher HIV-1 RNA levels controlling for the same covariates. Persistent and intermittent crack users were more likely than nonusers to develop new AIDS-defining illnesses controlling for identical confounds. These results persisted when controlling for heroin use, tobacco smoking, depressive symptoms, Hepatitis C virus co-infection, and intravenous drug use. Use of crack cocaine independently predicts AIDS-related mortality, immunologic and virologic markers of HIV-1 disease progression, and development of AIDS-defining illnesses among women.