Objectives: Women living with HIV are underrepresented in clinical trials assessing outcomes of antiretroviral treatment (ART), justifying the need for observational studies. We investigated differences in viral non-suppression between women and men in the Swedish InfCareHIV cohort and analysed results in relation to biological and socio-demographic variables and patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs).
Methods: The study included people living with HIV (PLWH) aged ≥18 years, who initiated ART at least 6 months prior to inclusion. Data from the InfCareHIV registry 2011-2018 were collected. Associations between variables and HIV RNA ≥50 copies/mL were investigated in uni- and multivariable analyses using generalized estimating equations, providing relative risks (RRs) as effect size.
Results: The study included 38% (n = 2981) women. Women were more likely to have HIV RNA ≥50 copies/mL than were men [RR = 1.20, 95% confidence interval (CI): 1.10-1.31]. After adjusting for origin and route of transmission, sex at birth was no longer associated with viral non-suppression. PROMs were available in 52.4% of PLWH, and items associated with viral non-suppression were impaired adherence in women (RR = 2.38, 95% CI: 1.79-3.17) and men (RR 1.84, 95% CI: 1.40-2.42), and experience of side effects in women (RR = 1.49, 95% CI: 1.10-2.02).
Conclusions: This observational study found a 20% higher relative risk of viral non-suppression in women than in men and the difference was associated with socio-demographic factors. The associations between PROMs and viral non-suppression varied between women and men. PROMs are important health outcomes that may identify PLWH in need of support to achieve viral non-suppression.
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