Large UK study highlights atypical pattern in people with HIV
Domizia Salusest/www.domiziasalusest.comA cross-sectional study of patients in UK health services has compared the prevalence of a large number of different health conditions in people with HIV, versus those without HIV. Most findings confirm previous research, but the study also found a lower prevalence of many cardiovascular conditions and rheumatoid arthritis in people with HIV, while infertility, bipolar disorder and numerous infections were more common.
The study, by Dr Daniel Morales and colleagues at Dundee University, looked at anonymised patient data from the UK Clinical Research Database GOLD, which contains de-identified electronic primary care records, plus data on hospitalisation from the Hospital Episodes Statistics database.
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