Estimating loss to follow-up in HIV-infected patients on antiretroviral therapy: the effect of the competing risk of death in Zambia and Switzerland

Schöni-Affolter, Franziska; Keiser, Olivia; Mwango, Albert; Stringer, Jeffrey; Ledergerber, Bruno; Mulenga, Lloyd; Bucher, Heiner C; Westfall, Andrew O; Calmy, Alexandra; Boulle, Andrew; Chintu, Namwinga; Egger, Matthias; Chi, Benjamin H

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0027919

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Title		Estimating loss to follow-up in HIV-infected patients on antiretroviral therapy: the effect of the competing risk of death in Zambia and Switzerland
Authors		Schöni-Affolter, Franziska Keiser, Olivia Mwango, Albert Stringer, Jeffrey Ledergerber, Bruno Mulenga, Lloyd Bucher, Heiner C Westfall, Andrew O Calmy, Alexandra Boulle, Andrew Chintu, Namwinga Egger, Matthias Chi, Benjamin H show all authors [1 - 13]
Published in		PLOS ONE. 2011, vol. 6, no. 12, p. e27919
Abstract		Loss to follow-up (LTFU) is common in antiretroviral therapy (ART) programmes. Mortality is a competing risk (CR) for LTFU; however, it is often overlooked in cohort analyses. We examined how the CR of death affected LTFU estimates in Zambia and Switzerland.
Keywords		Adult — Anti-HIV Agents/therapeutic use — Cohort Studies — Female — HIV Infections/drug therapy/epidemiology/mortality — Humans — Lost to Follow-Up — Male — Middle Aged — Proportional Hazards Models — Risk — Switzerland/epidemiology — Zambia/epidemiology
Identifiers		DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0027919 PMID: 22205933
Full text		Article (Published version) (177 Kb) - Free access
Structures		Faculté de médecine / Section de médecine clinique / Département de médecine
Research group		VIH/SIDA (930)
Citation (ISO format)		SCHÖNI-AFFOLTER, Franziska et al. Estimating loss to follow-up in HIV-infected patients on antiretroviral therapy: the effect of the competing risk of death in Zambia and Switzerland. In: PLOS ONE, 2011, vol. 6, n° 12, p. e27919. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0027919 https://archive-ouverte.unige.ch/unige:31630