Influence of smoking on HIV infection among HIV-infected Japanese men.
We performed a cross-sectional study that included 100 HIV-infected Japanese men without hemophilia to examine the influence of smoking on HIV infection. History of smoking was obtained using a questionnaire. The percentage of current smokers was 40 % and was the highest (50 %) among men in their forties. The mean Brinkman index (BI, number of cigarettes smoked per day multiplied by years of smoking) was 450. The percentage of patients with a BI ≥600 was significantly higher in patients with an AIDS-defining event than in those without an AIDS-defining event. A BI ≥600 was associated with an AIDS-defining event. Reducing smoking appears to be critical to enhancing disease management efforts in Japanese men with HIV.
Department of General Medicine, Juntendo University School of Medicine, 2-1-1 Bunkyo-ku, Hongo, Tokyo, 113-8421, Japan.
Fukuko
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Oka
Toshio
T
Naito
Miki
M
Oike
Mizue
M
Saita
Akihiro
A
Inui
Yuki
Y
Uehara
Kazunori
K
Mitsuhashi
Hiroshi
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Isonuma
Teruhiko
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Hisaoka
Takuro
T
Shimbo
D000328:Adult; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000453:epidemiology*; D006801:Humans; D007564:Japan / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012907:Smoking / Q000453:epidemiology*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires