title: Risk for the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome among thrombocytopenic and nonthrombocytopenic homosexual men seropositive for the human immunodeficiency virus.
abstract: A group of 44 homosexual patients with immune thrombocytopenia and serologic evidence of infection with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) was observed for a total of 844 person-months. The risk of developing the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS), an actuarial incidence of 36.5% in 37 months, was no different than that reported for seropositive homosexual men from New York who are nonthrombocytopenic and asymptomatic. A statistical analysis comparing the hazard function with a constant-risk model showed that the hazard of developing AIDS was not constant but increased with duration of seropositivity.
authors.forename: R S
authors.initials: RS
authors.lastname: Holzman
authors.forename: C M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Walsh
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Karpatkin
mesh_terms: D000163:Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / Q000453:epidemiology*; D000914:Antibodies, Viral / Q000032:analysis*; D006678:HIV / Q000276:immunology*; D015483:HIV Antibodies; D006716:Homosexuality; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011379:Prognosis; D012306:Risk; D013921:Thrombocytopenia / Q000150:complications*
chemical_list: D000914:Antibodies, Viral; D015483:HIV Antibodies