Importance of age at infection with HIV-1 for survival and development of AIDS in UK haemophilia population
- 1 June 1996
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Elsevier BV in The Lancet
- Vol. 347 (9015), 1573-1579
- https://doi.org/10.1016/s0140-6736(96)91073-9
Abstract
Summary Background Greater age at infection with HIV-1 is known to be associated with shorter time to development of AIDS, but the size of the differences between people infected in infancy and those infected in old age has not been examined in a single large population of patients with death as an endpoint. We, therefore, investigated the role of age at seroconversion in the entire UK population of haemophiliacs. MethodsWe studied 1216 HIV-1-infected haemophilia patients in the UK who were registered with the National Haemophilia Register and were alive on Jan 1, 1985. Their estimated ages at HIV-1 seroconversion ranged from 8 months to 79 years. Findings10 years after seroconversion 67% (95% Cl 64-69) of the population were still alive. Survival was strongly related to age at seroconversion (86% [82-90], 72% [68-76], 45% [39-51], and 12% [5-21] at 10 years among those patients who seroconverted at ages InterpretationAge at infection with HIV-1 is a more important determinant of survival than has previously been appreciated. Age should, therefore, be considered in future studies of disease progression, and studies that compare people infected at different ages should provide insight into the biology of the immune response to HIV-1.Keywords
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