Information on CD4 trajectories and viral suppression can be used to map from duration of ART to duration since taking out insurance [25].
Median (range) age, weight, BMI, and CD4 cell count (all at start of ART) and duration of therapy at time of sampling were 34 years (21 to 62), 54 kg (35 to 94), 20 kg/m (15 to 38), 156 cells/mm (1 to 812), and 6 weeks (1 to 26), respectively.
Univariable analysis was performed for the following variables: Sex, age, WHO stage, initial ART regimen, duration of ART, body mass index, hemoglobin level and total lymphocyte count.
"Architecture is one of the arts of longest duration, while the realization of a dance piece can be a quick process and the work disappears as the performance of it unfolds.
Clinical information included WHO stage of HIV/AIDS on ART initiation, evidence of ARVs to prevent mother to child transmission, evidence of tuberculosis at ART initiation, duration of ART, and ART regimen prescribed at each visit.
Putative risk factors for dyslipidaemia included: age, sex, CD4 count, ART regimen, duration of and adherence to ART, smoking, alcohol use, presence of metabolic and/or cardiovascular disease.
Due to small numbers, we could not explore the effect of duration on ART or time delay of ART initiation on treatment outcomes.
Known risk factors, such as age, sex, lipid and glucose levels, BMI, economic income, systolic BP, diastolic BP, history of ART, and duration on ART, were tested for association with risk of future cardiovascular disease using univariate and multivariate logistic regression calculation.
We investigated the association of several factors with the rate of CD4 recovery, including age, CD4 nadir (defined as second lowest CD4 count), baseline VL (available for 60/79 participants), duration of pre-ART immunosuppression, duration of time with HIV infection, and prior status as a long-term non-progressor (HIV+ for ≥10 years with CD4 ≥500).
In this study, timing of ART was stratified as before or after commencement of MDR-TB treatment and this may not have allowed proper assessment of the true effect of duration of ART on the outcomes.
