Authors: Judith I Tsui Richard Saitz Debbie M Cheng David Nunes Howard Libman Julie K Alperen Jeffrey H Samet
Publish Date: 2007/02/23
Volume: 22, Issue: 6, Pages: 822-825
Abstract
It is unknown whether testing HIVinfected individuals for hepatitis C virus HCV and informing them of their HCV status impacts subsequent alcohol use We hypothesized that HIVinfected individuals with current or past alcohol problems who reported being told they had HCV were more likely to 1 abstain from alcohol and 2 not drink unhealthy amounts compared to individuals who had not been toldData from a prospective observational cohort study HIVLongitudinal Interrelationships of Viruses and Ethanol were used to assess the association between awareness of having HCV at baseline and subsequent abstinence and not drinking unhealthy amounts as reported at 6month followup intervals General estimating equations logistic regression was used to account for the correlation from using repeated observations from the same subject over time We adjusted for age sex race homelessness injection drug use depressive symptoms and having abnormal liver testsThe authors appreciate the contribution of Vincent Faber for data management assistance Support for this study came from the following grants from the National Institute of Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism NIAAA of the NIH R01AA13766 R01AA11785 R01AA10870 and K24 AA015674 This research was conducted in part in the General Clinical Research Center at Boston University School of Medicine USPHS Grant M01 RR00533 and the Clinical Research Center at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center USPHS Grant M01 RR01032 Support for Dr Tsui comes from Grant Number KL2 RR024130 from the National Center for Research Resources NCRR a component of the National Institutes of Health NIH and NIH Roadmap for Medical Research This paper was presented at the 29th Society of General Internal Medicine Annual Meeting in April 2006
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