Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia versus wasting syndrome among AIDS cases in Puerto Rico: a survival analysis.
P R Health Sci J
; 15(4): 257-60, 1996 Dec.
Article
em En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-9097342
OBJECTIVE: To compare mortality of wasting syndrome (WS) versus Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia (PCP) in AIDS patients reported in Puerto Rico after controlling for gender, age, and CD4 levels. METHODS: AIDS patients for which a diagnosis of WS (n = 1,180) or PCP (n = 765), who were reported to the AIDS Surveillance System of Puerto Rico between 1989 and 1992, were used to analyze the mortality risk among these diagnoses using a Cox's proportional hazard regression model. RESULTS: Cox model showed that WS patients had a 14% to 33% reduction in mortality risk compared with PCP patients after adjusting for gender and age (95% confidence level). Mortality risks for males were 18% (95% CI: 1%, 39%) higher than females risk after adjusting for AIDS defining condition and age. It was shown that a decrease in 100 CD4 cells increased the mortality by 37% (95% CI: 16%, 62%) after adjusting for AIDS defining conditions, gender, and age.
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Coleções:
01-internacional
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Pneumonia por Pneumocystis
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Síndrome da Imunodeficiência Adquirida
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Síndrome de Emaciação por Infecção pelo HIV
Tipo de estudo:
Prognostic_studies
Limite:
Adult
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Aged
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
País/Região como assunto:
Caribe
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Puerto rico
Idioma:
En
Revista:
P R Health Sci J
Ano de publicação:
1996
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Estados Unidos
País de publicação:
Porto Rico