Search Results - "LAW, M. G"

Life expectancy of HIV‐positive people after starting combination antiretroviral therapy: a meta‐analysis by Teeraananchai, S, Kerr, SJ, Amin, J, Ruxrungtham, K, Law, MG

“…Objectives Life expectancy is an important indicator informing decision making in policies relating to HIV‐infected people. Studies estimating life expectancy…”
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Short‐term weight gain after antiretroviral therapy initiation and subsequent risk of cardiovascular disease and diabetes: the D:A:D study by Achhra, AC, Mocroft, A, Reiss, P, Sabin, C, Ryom, L, Wit, S, Smith, CJ, d'Arminio Monforte, A, Phillips, A, Weber, R, Lundgren, J, Law, MG

“…Objectives The aim of the study was to assess the impact of the gain in body mass index (BMI) observed immediately after antiretroviral therapy (ART)…”
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Hepatitis B-related hepatocellular carcinoma: epidemiological characteristics and disease burden by Nguyen, V. T. T., Law, M. G., Dore, G. J.

“…Worldwide, 350 million people are chronically infected with hepatitis B virus (HBV) who are at greater risk of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) compared with…”
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Rates of cardiovascular disease following smoking cessation in patients with HIV infection: results from the D:A:D study by Petoumenos, K, Worm, S, Reiss, P, de Wit, S, d'Arminio Monforte, A, Sabin, C, Friis‐Møller, N, Weber, R, Mercie, P, Pradier, C, El‐Sadr, W, Kirk, O, Lundgren, J, Law, MG

“…Objectives The aim of the study was to estimate the rates of cardiovascular disease (CVD) events after stopping smoking in patients with HIV infection. Methods…”
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Extreme cause-specific mortality in a cohort of adult prisoners—1988 to 2002: a data-linkage study by Kariminia, A, Butler, TG, Corben, SP, Levy, MH, Grant, L, Kaldor, JM, Law, MG

“…Objectives: Describe the standardized mortality ratio (SMR) and its trend in adults who have served time in prison. Design: A retrospective cohort study of 85…”
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Cardiovascular disease and diabetes in HIV‐positive and HIV‐negative gay and bisexual men over the age of 55 years in Australia: insights from the Australian Positive & Peers Longevity Evaluation Study by Puhr, R, Petoumenos, K, Huang, R, Templeton, DJ, Woolley, I, Bloch, M, Russell, D, Law, MG, Cooper, DA

“…Objectives As HIV‐positive people age, diagnosis and management of comorbidities associated with ageing are of increasing concern. In this study, we aimed to…”
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Increased risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD) with age in HIV‐positive men: a comparison of the D:A:D CVD risk equation and general population CVD risk equations by Petoumenos, K, Reiss, P, Ryom, L, Rickenbach, M, Sabin, CA, El‐Sadr, W, d'Arminio Monforte, A, Phillips, AN, De Wit, S, Kirk, O, Dabis, F, Pradier, C, Lundgren, JD, Law, MG

“…Objectives The aim of the study was to statistically model the relative increased risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD) per year older in Data collection on…”
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Surgical treatment and risk of sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease: a case-control study by Collins, S, Law, MG, Fletcher, A, Boyd, A, Kaldor, J, Masters, CL

“…Apart from the small number of iatrogenic and familial cases, the cause of most cases of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) is not known. We aimed to identify…”
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Predicting progression to cirrhosis in chronic hepatitis C virus infection by Freeman, A. J., Law, M. G., Kaldor, J. M., Dore, G. J.

“…A systematic evaluation of published studies was undertaken to identify factors associated with accelerated fibrosis progression in patients with chronic…”
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Cancer, immunodeficiency and antiretroviral treatment: results from the Australian HIV Observational Database (AHOD) by Petoumenos, K, van Leuwen, MT, Vajdic, CM, Woolley, I, Chuah, J, Templeton, DJ, Grulich, AE, Law, MG

“…Objectives The objective of the study was to conduct a within‐cohort assessment of risk factors for incident AIDS‐defining cancers (ADCs) and non‐ADCs (NADCs)…”
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Ageing and long‐term CD4 cell count trends in HIV‐positive patients with 5 years or more combination antiretroviral therapy experience by Wright, ST, Petoumenos, K, Boyd, M, Carr, A, Downing, S, O'Connor, CC, Grotowski, M, Law, MG

“…Objectives The aim of this study was to describe the long‐term changes in CD4 cell counts beyond 5 years of combination antiretroviral therapy (cART). If…”
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Pre‐therapy inflammation and coagulation activation and long‐term CD4 count responses to the initiation of antiretroviral therapy by Achhra, AC, Phillips, A, Emery, S, MacArthur, RD, Furrer, H, De Wit, S, Losso, M, Law, MG

“…Objectives Pre‐antiretroviral therapy (ART) inflammation and coagulation activation predict clinical outcomes in HIV‐positive individuals. We assessed whether…”
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Hospitalisation rates and associated factors in community‐based cohorts of HIV‐infected and ‐uninfected gay and bisexual men by Moore, CL, Grulich, AE, Prestage, G, Gidding, HF, Jin, F, Mao, L, Petoumenos, K, Zablotska, IB, Poynten, IM, Law, MG, Amin, J

“…Objectives There is evidence that HIV‐positive patients are suffering from a greater burden of morbidity as they age due to nonAIDS‐related complications. To…”
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Clinical and demographic factors associated with low viral load in early untreated HIV infection in the INSIGHT Strategic Timing of AntiRetroviral Treatment (START) trial by Law, MG, Achhra, A, Deeks, SG, Gazzard, B, Migueles, SA, Novak, RM, Ristola, M

“…Objectives A small subset of HIV‐positive adults have low HIV RNA in the absence of therapy, sometimes for years. Clinical factors associated with low HIV RNA…”
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Risk factors associated with incident sexually transmitted infections in HIV‐positive patients in the Australian HIV Observational Database: a prospective cohort study by Mulhall, BP, Wright, ST, De La Mata, N, Allen, D, Brown, K, Dickson, B, Grotowski, M, Jackson, E, Petoumenos, K, Foster, R, Read, T, Russell, D, Smith, DJ, Templeton, DJ, Fairley, CK, Law, MG

“…Objectives We established a subcohort of HIV‐positive individuals from 10 sexual health clinics within the Australian HIV Observational Database (AHOD). The…”
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Potential biases in estimates of hepatitis C RNA clearance in newly acquired hepatitis C infection among a cohort of injecting drug users by AMIN, J., LAW, M. G., MICALLEF, J., JAUNCEY, M., VAN BEEK, I., KALDOR, J. M., DORE, G. J.

“…Estimates of hepatitis C virus (HCV) clearance following acute infection range from 14 to 46%. This wide range is likely to be due to the characteristics of…”
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Hospitalization rates associated with hepatitis B and HIV co-infection, age and sex in a population-based cohort of people diagnosed with hepatitis C by GIDDING, H. F., AMIN, J., DORE, G. J., LAW, M. G.

“…To determine the extent age, sex and co-infection affect morbidity in people infected with hepatitis C virus (HCV), we performed a population-based study…”
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Risk of cancer in people with AIDS by GRULICH, A. E, XINAN WAN, LAW, M. G, COATES, M, KALDOR, J. M

“…To determine whether the incidence of cancers other than the AIDS-defining cancers is increased in people with AIDS, and to determine if cancer incidence…”
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Modelling the effect of combination antiretroviral treatments on HIV incidence by LAW, Matthew G, PRESTAGE, Garrett, GRULICH, Andrew, DE VEN, Paul Van, KIPPAX, Susan

“…To assess the competing effects on HIV incidence in homosexual men of the decreased infectiousness of men with HIV receiving effective combination…”
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Estimating the critical immunity threshold for preventing hepatitis A outbreaks in men who have sex with men by REGAN, D. G., WOOD, J. G., BENEVENT, C., ALI, H., SMITH, L. WATCHIRS, ROBERTSON, P. W., FERSON, M. J., FAIRLEY, C. K., DONOVAN, B., LAW, M. G.

“…Several outbreaks of hepatitis A in men who have sex with men (MSM) were reported in the 1980s and 1990s in Australia and other countries. An effective…”
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