Prevalent tuberculosis and mortality among HAART initiators

Prevalent and Incident Tuberculosis Are Independent Risk Factors for Mortality among Patients Accessing Antiretroviral Therapy in South Africa

BACKGROUND Patients with prevalent or incident tuberculosis (TB) in antiretroviral treatment (ART) programmes in sub-Saharan Africa have high mortality risk. However, published data are contradictory as to whether TB is a risk factor for mortality that is independent of CD4 cell counts and other patient characteristics. METHODS/FINDINGS This observational ART cohort study was based in Cape To...

Loss to Clinic and Five-Year Mortality among HIV-Infected Antiretroviral Therapy Initiators

Missing outcome data due to loss to follow-up occurs frequently in clinical cohort studies of HIV-infected patients. Censoring patients when they become lost can produce inaccurate results if the risk of the outcome among the censored patients differs from the risk of the outcome among patients remaining under observation. We examine whether patients who are considered lost to follow up are at ...

Mortality among tuberculosis patients in the Netherlands

Worldwide, tuberculosis is the main infectious cause of death among adults, with most of these deaths occurring in developing countries [1–3]. Many tuberculosis-associated deaths may be preventable by adequate chemotherapy. In developed countries, despite a decline in the overall tuberculosis-associated mortality, the risk of death of patients with tuberculosis has increased, with an upward shi...

Prevalent Causes of Mortality in the Iranian Population

The prevalent causes of mortality in Fars province, 2001

Introduction: Analysis of death statistics of each province, according to main variables, such as gender, age, and living place, and comparing them with such data from other provinces, the whole country, and other countries, is necessary for health programming and priority setting. Methods: In this cross-sectional study, the death statistics of Fars province during 2001 has been collected from...