HIV-1 infection in subjects older than 70: a multicenter cross-sectional assessment in Catalonia, Spain

Current HIV Research
Beatriz MotheB Clotet

Abstract

We designed a multicenter cross-sectional study to describe the epidemiological characteristics of the HIV-1-infected population aged 70 years or more in our setting. 179 individuals from eight university hospitals in Barcelona, Spain, were included, representing 1.5% of HIV-1 infected subjects followed during 2008. Most subjects were male (76%) and had acquired HIV infection through sexual intercourse (87%); 69% had been diagnosed with HIV-1 after their sixties. The CD4 cell counts at HIV-1 diagnosis were < 200 cells/mm(3) in 52% of individuals, whereas this was only seen in 34% of subjects from a published cohort including younger HIV- infected adults from the same setting [1]. Most of our patients were on HAART, had undetectable HIV-1 viremia and the most recent median CD4 cell counts were >or= 350 cells/mm(3). 154 subjects had at least one comorbid condition, including dyslipidemia (54%), hypertension (36%), hyperglycemia or diabetes (30%), cardiovascular disease (23%), chronic renal failure (18%), history of neoplasia (17%) and cognitive impairment (11%). Lipodystrophy was reported in 58% of individuals. Rates of hypercholesterolemia, diabetes and cancer were higher than those reported in unselected local population (28%, ...Continue Reading

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