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  • * Results showed that HIV+ participants brushed their teeth less often but had more dental cleanings and reported more instances of dry mouth compared to HIV- participants.
  • * Overall, while age, race, and sex influenced behaviors, HIV status had minimal effect on oral hygiene practices, suggesting that people living with HIV today have a better quality of life and engage in fewer high-risk behaviors than those in the past.

Article Abstract

Objective: HIV disease is evolving with more HIV+ persons experiencing a high quality of life with well-controlled viremia. We recently enrolled a large cohort of HIV+ and clinically relevant HIV- persons for oral microbiome analyses that included a questionnaire related to oral hygiene and recreational behaviors. Here, the questionnaire responses were analyzed for behavioral trends within the cohort, together with trends over time by comparison to a previous geographically centered HIV+ cohort.

Methods: Data were collected by questionnaire at baseline visits as cross-sectional assessments. Multivariable analyses were conducted for associations of HIV status as well as age, race, and sex, on oral hygiene/recreational behaviors.

Results: HIV+ subjects had reduced brushing frequency, but increased incidence of past cleanings and frequency of dry mouth, compared to the HIV- subjects. Within the entire cohort, positive associations were identified between age and several oral hygiene practices, and between age, race, and sex for several recreational behaviors. In comparison to the historical cohort, the contemporary HIV+ cohort participated in fewer high-risk behaviors, but with similar trends for smoking and oral hygiene practices.

Conclusion: HIV status had little association with oral hygiene and recreational behaviors despite several differences in age, race, and sex. Behavioral trends over time support a higher quality of life in people currently living with HIV.

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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10441608PMC
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/cre2.762DOI Listing

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