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Association Between Frailty and Components of the Frailty Phenotype With Modifiable Risk Factors and Antiretroviral Therapy.
The Journal of infectious diseases - 15 Mar 2017
Erlandson Kristine M, Wu Kunling, Koletar Susan L, Kalayjian Robert C, Ellis Ronald J, Taiwo Babafemi, Palella Frank J, Tassiopoulos Katherine
Abstract excerpt
The impact of antiretroviral therapy (ART) on frailty among human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected adults has not been well described. HIV-infected participants aged ≥40 years with initial ART receipt through a randomized, controlled AIDS Clinical Trials Group trial completed a frailty assessment. Ordinal logistic regression models examined factors associated with frailty. Of 1016 participants, 6% were...
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