title: Progression to AIDS or death following diagnosis with a class IV non-AIDS disease: utilization of a surveillance database.
abstract: Time to progression to an AIDS-defining disease or death was analyzed for residents of King County, Washington State, with selected class IV non-AIDS diagnoses. Relative to people with constitutional symptoms, the risk of progression to an AIDS-defining diagnosis was 1.4 [95% confidence interval (CI), 0.8-2.2), 1.6 (95% CI, 1.0-2.5), and 2.1 (95% CI, 1.3-3.5) times greater for people with a diagnosis of oral hairy leukoplakia, oral candidiasis, and multiple diseases, respectively. Relative to subjects with CD4 counts of > or = 200, the risk of progression to AIDS was greater for subjects with CD4 counts < 200; relative risks ranged from 2.3 (95% CI, 0.8-6.6) for subjects with constitutional symptoms and CD4 counts < 200 to 6.7 (95% CI, 3.3-13.6) for subjects diagnosed with oral hairy leukoplakia and CD4 counts > 200. However, the statistical test for interaction between CD4 count and diagnostic group was not significant (p = 0.62). Our findings are in general agreement with results from previous cohort studies and suggest the utility of surveillance databases for natural history studies of the course of HIV illness.
authors.affiliation: Seattle-King County Department of Public Health, Washington 98104.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Maden
authors.forename: S G
authors.initials: SG
authors.lastname: Hopkins
authors.forename: W E
authors.initials: WE
authors.lastname: Lafferty
mesh_terms: D000163:Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / Q000150:complications / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000401:mortality; D000328:Adult; D015496:CD4-Positive T-Lymphocytes; D002180:Candidiasis, Oral / Q000150:complications*; D016208:Databases, Factual; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000150:complications*; D006562:Herpes Zoster / Q000150:complications; D006716:Homosexuality; D006801:Humans; D007958:Leukocyte Count; D017733:Leukoplakia, Hairy / Q000150:complications*; D008297:Male; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012307:Risk Factors; D015819:Substance Abuse, Intravenous / Q000150:complications; D013921:Thrombocytopenia / Q000150:complications; D014861:Washington / Q000453:epidemiology