학술논문
Prevalence and risk factors for human immunodeficiency virus–associated neurocognitive impairment, 1996 to 2002: Results from an urban observational cohort.
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Article
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*HIV infection complications
*LENTIVIRUS diseases
*NEUROVIROLOGY
*NEUROLOGY
*VIROLOGY
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1355-0284
Abstract
To assess prevalence and risk factors for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-related neurocognitive impairment (NCI), the authors performed a 7-year survey in the period 1996 to 2002. A total of 432 patients were examined. HIV-related NCI was diagnosed in 238 patients (55.1%), meeting the HIV dementia (HIV-D) criteria in 45 (10.4%). The prevalence of both NCI and HIV-D did not change significantly during the study period. Compared with patients without NCI, patients with NCI were older (40.4 versus 38.2 years; P = .003), had a higher prevalence of positive HCV serology (61.1% versus 38.9%; P = .003), and a lower nadir CD4 cell count (156 versus 222 cells/μ l; P [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]