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. 2012 Mar 27;26(6):770-3.
doi: 10.1097/QAD.0b013e328351f6b8.

Prevalent tuberculosis and mortality among HAART initiators

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Prevalent tuberculosis and mortality among HAART initiators

Daniel Westreich et al. AIDS. .

Abstract

The effect of tuberculosis on mortality in people initiating highly-active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) remains unclear; here, we strengthened a previous cohort analysis. Multivariate Cox proportional hazards models were used to assess the association of baseline tuberculosis and time to all-cause mortality among HAART initiators. In reanalysis, treatment for tuberculosis at time of HAART initiation remained unassociated with increased risks of all-cause mortality, with adjusted hazard ratios ranging from 1.00 to 1.09.

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