Comorbidity and polypharmacy among women living with HIV in British Columbia

We examined baseline data from 267 WLWH and 276 HIV-negative women, aged at least 19 years, enrolled in the Children and Women: Antiretrovirals and Markers of Aging (CARMA) cohort. Methods: Self-reported demographic, medical condition, medication, vitamin, and substance exposure data were collected at baseline CARMA study visits. We considered conditions with appropriate concomitant medications to be ‘treated’. Wilcoxon rank-sum and Fisher's exact tests compared continuous and categorical variables between WLWH and HIV-negative women. Number of diagnoses, prescribed medications (excluding HIV/antiretrovirals), vitamins, and prevalence of depression/anxiety/panic disorder were compared using negative binomial and logistic regressions for continuous and binary variables, respectively. Results: WLWH were younger [median, interquartile range (IQR) 39.9, 33.6–46.9 vs. 43.6, 31.8–54.6 years; P = 0.01], attained lower education (40.5 vs. 69.6% college/university; P 
Source: AIDS - Category: Infectious Diseases Tags: CLINICAL SCIENCE Source Type: research