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Aboriginal status is a prognostic factor for mortality among antiretroviral naïve HIV-positive individuals first initiating HAART |
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| Authors: | Viviane D Lima Patricia Kretz Anita Palepu Simon Bonner Thomas Kerr David Moore Mark Daniel Julio SG Montaner Robert S Hogg |
| Institution: | 1. British Columbia Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS, St. Paul's Hospital, Vancouver, Canada 2. Departments of Medicine and/or Healthcare and Epidemiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada 3. Département de médecine sociale et préventive, Université de Montréal et Centre de recherche du Centre hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal, Québec, Canada |
| Abstract: | BackgroundAlthough the impact of Aboriginal status on HIV incidence, HIV disease progression, and access to treatment has been investigated previously, little is known about the relationship between Aboriginal ethnicity and outcomes associated with highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART). We undertook the present analysis to determine if Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal persons respond differently to HAART by measuring HIV plasma viral load response, CD4 cell response and time to all-cause mortality. |
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