Abstract
The authors evaluated population- and individual-level CD4-positive T-lymphocyte (CD4 cell) count trajectories over a 7-year period (July 1995-March 2004) following initiation of highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) in the Multicenter AIDS Cohort Study and the Women's Interagency HIV Study. The study population included 404 human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected men and 609 HIV-infected women who 1) had a CD4 cell count measurement available from their last pre-HAART study visit, 2) provided at least four post-HAART CD4 cell count measurements, and 3) reported HAART usage for at least 80% of the post-HAART visits. The CD4 cell count trajectory was analyzed by means of a Bayesian random change-point model. The results indicated that CD4 cell count trajectories for long-term frequent HAART users can be well modeled with change points at both the population and individual levels. At the population level, regardless of CD4 cell count before HAART initiation, the gains in CD4 cell count ended approximately 2 years after HAART initiation in both men and women. At the individual level, 35% of men in the Multicenter AIDS Cohort Study versus 25% of women in the Women's Interagency HIV Study had a statistically significant change in CD4 cell count trajectory within 7 years after HAART initiation.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 787-797 |
Number of pages | 11 |
Journal | American journal of epidemiology |
Volume | 162 |
Issue number | 8 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Oct 2005 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:Data presented in this paper were collected by the Multicenter AIDS Cohort Study (MACS) and the Women’s Interagency HIV Study (WIHS) Collaborative Study Group. The MACS is funded by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, with additional supplemental funding from the National Cancer Institute, and the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (grants UO1-AI-35042, 5-M01-RR-00052 (General Clinical Research Center), UO1-AI-35043, UO1-AI-37984, UO1-AI-35039, UO1-AI-35040, UO1-AI-37613, and UO1-AI-35041). The WIHS is funded by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, with additional supplemental funding from the National Cancer Institute; the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development; the National Institute on Drug Abuse; the National Institute of Craniofacial and Dental Research; and the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (grants U01-AI-35004, U01-AI-31834, U01-AI-34994, U01-AI-34989, U01-HD-32632, U01-AI-34993, U01-AI-42590, M01-RR00079, and M01-RR00083).
Keywords
- Antiretroviral therapy, highly active
- Bayes theorem
- CD4 lymphocyte count
- Change point
- HIV infections
- Models, statistical