Cohort profile: a nationwide retrospective cohort of mortality in people living with HIV in Korea, 1985-2020

• 발행기관: 한국역학회
• 저자명: Taeyoung Kim Yoonhee Jung Koun Kim Jung Wan Park Jeonghee Yu Sung-il Cho
• 간행물 정보: 『Epidemiology and Health』47, 1~8쪽, 전체 8쪽
• 주제분류: 의약학 > 면역학
• 파일형태: PDF
• 발행일자: 2025.01.31

국문 초록

The increasing number of people living with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) in Korea has prompted interest in using the national surveillance system as a database for studying their health. To investigate the relationships between socio-demographic and epidemiological characteristics and mortality rates, a nationwide retrospective cohort was formed by integrating surveillance data with the Cause of Death Statistics from Statistics Korea. This integration included incidence reports, epidemiological investigations, and death reports from the surveillance data, enriched with detailed mortality information from the Cause of Death data. The cohort comprised 17,199 adult Korean individuals diagnosed with HIV infection from 1985 to 2020. By the end of 2020, 2,721 of these individuals were confirmed deceased. The sex ratio of the study participants was 14.3:1.0 (male to female), with 78.2% being under 50 years old at the time of diagnosis. Sexual contact was identified as the primary transmission route, accounting for 75.7% of cases. HIV disease emerged as the predominant cause of death, representing two-thirds (1,817 of 2,721) of the fatalities, followed by injuries and trauma, malignancies, and cardiovascular diseases. Recommendations for further cohort studies may be submitted to the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency.

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INTRODUCTION

COHORT DESCRIPTION

KEY FINDINGS

STRENGTHS AND WEAKNESSES

DATA ACCESSIBILITY

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키워드

Human immunodeficiency virus Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome Cohort studies Mortality