Older age at initial presentation to human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) care and treatment at the Communicable Disease Centre (CDC) in Singapore, 2006 to 2011.

Introduction: The incidence of newly diagnosed older patients diagnosed with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) has increased worldwide in recent years. In this study, we compared the demographics and clinical presentation of younger and older patients in our HIV sentinel cohort.

Materials And Methods: Among all HIV patients presenting to the Communicable Disease Centre (CDC), Singapore from 2006 to 2011, 793 were randomly included in our cohort, representing about 50% of the patients seen during that period.