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A frailty-related phenotype before HAART initiation as an independent risk factor for AIDS or death after HAART among HIV-infected men.
The journals of gerontology. Series A, Biological sciences and medical sciences - 1 Sept 2011
Desquilbet Loic, Jacobson Lisa P, Fried Linda P, Phair John P, Jamieson Beth D, Holloway Marcy, Margolick Joseph B
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: In the general population, frailty, a late stage of the aging process, predicts mortality. We investigated whether manifesting a previously defined frailty-related phenotype (FRP) before initiating highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) affects the likelihood of developing clinical AIDS or mortality after HAART initiation. METHODS: Among 596 HIV-infected men in the Multicenter AIDS Cohort Study...
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