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| Publications [#200000] of Nathan M Thielman
Papers Published
- S Reif, K Whetten, N Thielman, Association of race and gender with use of antiretroviral therapy among HIV-infected individuals in the Southeastern United States.,
Southern medical journal, vol. 100 no. 8
(August, 2007),
pp. 775-81, ISSN 0038-4348
(last updated on 2011/12/18)
Abstract:
BACKGROUND: Women and minorities continue to account for a higher proportion of AIDS incidence and mortality than their male and white counterparts. This study examined whether race and gender were associated with antiretroviral use among HIV-infected individuals in the southeastern US. METHODS: Multivariate regression analyses were used to identify whether race and gender predicted use of a protease inhibitor (PI) or non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor (NNRTI) from 1996 to 2000 among individuals receiving HIV primary care. RESULTS: Female gender and nonwhite race were significantly associated with a lower likelihood of being prescribed a PI or NNRTI at baseline. At the follow-up measure three years later, fewer individuals of minority race and female gender were prescribed a PI or NNRTI; however, these differences had declined and were no longer statistically significant. CONCLUSIONS: Efforts are needed to improve prompt access to advances in HIV therapeutics for women and minorities and to address continued disparities in HIV care by race and gender.
Keywords:
Adult • African Americans • Anti-HIV Agents • Antiretroviral Therapy, Highly Active • Drug Prescriptions • European Continental Ancestry Group • Female • Follow-Up Studies • HIV Infections • Hispanic Americans • Humans • Incidence • Longitudinal Studies • Male • Multivariate Analysis • Protease Inhibitors • Regression Analysis • Retrospective Studies • Reverse Transcriptase Inhibitors • Risk Factors • Sex Factors • Southeastern United States • drug therapy* • epidemiology • methods • statistics & numerical data • statistics & numerical data* • therapeutic use*
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