Winston, A;
De Francesco, D;
Post, F;
Boffito, M;
Vera, J;
Williams, I;
Anderson, J;
... POPPY Study Group; + view all
(2020)
Comorbidity indices in people with HIV and considerations for coronavirus disease 2019 outcomes.
AIDS
, 34
(12)
pp. 1795-1800.
10.1097/QAD.0000000000002606.
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Abstract
OBJECTIVE: To determine comorbidity indices in persons-with-HIV (PWH) and lifestyle-similar HIV-negative controls. DESIGN: Cross-sectional analysis of the Pharmacokinetic and clinical Observations in PeoPle over fifty (POPPY) cohort study in UK and Ireland. METHODS: The Elixhauser Comorbidity Index (ECI), Charlson Comorbidity Index (CCI) and the Comorbidity Burden Index (CBI) were compared between older PWH and HIV-negative controls using the Mann-Whitney U test; the magnitude of the difference between groups was quantified using the r effect size. RESULTS: The 699 PWH and 304 HIV-negative controls were predominantly male (87.5% vs. 64.0%), white (86.3% vs. 90.0%) and had median ages of 57 and 58 years, respectively. Among PWH, the median (interquartile range (IQR)) CD4+ T-cell count was 624 (475, 811) cells/μl; 98.7% were on antiretroviral therapy. The median (IQR) ECI was 0 (0, 8) and 0 (-3, 1), CCI was 2 (1, 5) and 1 (0, 1) and CBI 8.6 (2.2, 16.8) and 5.9 (0.6, 10.8), respectively. Whilst all three indices were significantly higher in PWH than in controls (p < 0.001 for each), the magnitude of the differences between the two groups were small to medium, with effect sizes (95% confidence interval) of 0.21 (0.16, 0.27), 0.38 (0.32, 0.42) and 0.18 (0.11, 0.23), respectively. CONCLUSIONS: These three comorbidity indices are higher in PWH compared to HIV-negative controls, although the magnitude of differences between groups were small. Differences in the ECI, reportedly associated with poorer COVID-19 outcomes, were driven by more individuals with HIV being within the higher end of the range.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Comorbidity indices in people with HIV and considerations for coronavirus disease 2019 outcomes |
| Location: | England |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1097/QAD.0000000000002606 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.1097/QAD.0000000000002606 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions. |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Population Health Sciences > Institute for Global Health UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Population Health Sciences > Institute for Global Health > Infection and Population Health |
| URI: | https://discovery-pp.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10106980 |
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