2010
Hepatitis C and the Risk of Kidney Disease and Mortality in Veterans With HIV
Fischer MJ, Wyatt CM, Gordon K, Gibert CL, Brown ST, Rimland D, Rodriguez-Barradas MC, Justice AC, Parikh CR. Hepatitis C and the Risk of Kidney Disease and Mortality in Veterans With HIV. JAIDS Journal Of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes 2010, 53: 222-226. PMID: 20104121, PMCID: PMC3032564, DOI: 10.1097/qai.0b013e3181b980d4.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsChronic kidney diseaseHepatitis C virusKidney diseaseMortality rateGlomerular filtration rateAdjusted mortality rateLevels of eGFRVeterans Healthcare AdministrationHepatitis CCoinfected subjectsC virusFiltration rateNational cohortIndependent associationHIVHigh mortalityPoisson regressionMortalityGraduated increaseVeteransCohortHigh rateEGFRDiseaseHealthcare administration
2006
Rates and predictors of hepatitis C virus treatment in HCV–HIV‐coinfected subjects
BUTT AA, JUSTICE AC, SKANDERSON M, GOOD C, KWOH CK. Rates and predictors of hepatitis C virus treatment in HCV–HIV‐coinfected subjects. Alimentary Pharmacology & Therapeutics 2006, 24: 585-591. PMID: 16907891, DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2036.2006.03020.x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHepatitis C virus (HCV) treatmentC virus treatmentHepatitis C virusHepatitis C virus-infected subjectsHCV-HIVVirus-infected subjectsC virusVirus treatmentTreatment ratesVeterans Affairs National Patient Care DatabaseDrug useNational Patient Care DatabaseImpact of comorbiditiesEffect of comorbidityPatient Care DatabaseICD-9 codesCoinfected subjectsHispanic racePharmacy dataBlack raceCare databaseMajor depressionPsychiatric illnessMild depressionBipolar disorder