Bias in the estimation of cumulative viremia in cohort studies of HIV-infected individuals.

CONCLUSIONS: Sampling bias due to differential frequency of sampling appears extensive and of meaningful magnitude in measures of cumulative viremia. Cumulative measures of viremia should be used only in studies with sufficient frequency of viral load measures and always as relative measures.
PMID: 31537405 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: Annals of Epidemiology - August 22, 2019 Category: Epidemiology Authors: Lesosky M, Glass T, Rambau B, Hsiao NY, Abrams EJ, Myer L Tags: Ann Epidemiol Source Type: research