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- Survival for people with HIV (PWH) has significantly improved over the past few decades, with the median age of death rising from 27.5 years (1995-1997) to 73.9 years (2010-2014), but only marginal improvements were seen post-2015.
- A study involving 4,168 Danish-born PWH and 41,680 matched controls found higher mortality rates among PWH and their families compared to the general population, with notable increases among siblings, mothers, and fathers of PWH.
- The decline in survival rates after 2010 could be linked to social and behavioral factors, as families of PWH also exhibited higher mortality rates.
Article Abstract
Background: Survival among people with HIV (PWH) has vastly improved globally over the last few decades but remains lower than among the general population. We aimed to estimate time trends of survival among PWH and their families from 1995 to 2021.
Methods: We conducted a registry-based, nationwide, population-based, matched cohort study. We included all Danish-born PWH from 1995 to 2021 who had been on antiretroviral therapy for 90 days, did not report intravenous drug use, and were not co-infected with hepatitis C (n = 4168). We matched population controls from the general population 10:1 to PWH by date of birth and sex (n = 41,680). For family cohorts, we identified siblings, mothers, and fathers of PWH and population controls. From Kaplan-Meier tables with age as time scale, we estimated survival from age 25. We compared PWH with population controls and families of PWH with families of population controls to calculate mortality rate ratios adjusted for sex, age, comorbidities, and education (aMRR).
Findings: The median age of death among PWH increased from 27.5 years in 1995-1997 to 73.9 years (2010-2014), but thereafter survival increased only marginally. From 2015 to 2021, mortality was increased among PWH (aMRR 1.87 (95% CI: 1.65-2.11)) and siblings (aMRR: 1.25 (95% CI: 1.07-1.47)), mothers (aMRR: 1.30 (95% CI: 1.17-1.43)), and fathers (aMRR: 1.15 (95% CI: 1.03-1.29)) of PWH compared to their respective control cohorts. Mortality among siblings of PWH who reported heterosexual route of HIV transmission (aMRR: 1.51 (95% CI: 1.16-1.96)) was higher than for siblings of PWH who reported men who have sex with men as route of HIV transmission (aMRR 1.19 (95% CI: 0.98-1.46)).
Interpretation: Survival among PWH improved substantially until 2010, after which it increased only marginally. This may partly be due to social and behavioural factors as PWH families also had higher mortality.
Funding: Preben and Anna Simonsen's Foundation and Independent Research Fund Denmark.
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| http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11223088 | PMC |
| http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.lanepe.2024.100956 | DOI Listing |
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