5th International AIDS Conference


Montreal, Quebec, Canada — Jun 4-9, 1989

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Long term follow-up of homosexual men with persistent lymphadenopathy: attack rate for AIDS.

Int Conf AIDS 1989 Jun 4-9; 5:168 (abstract no. A.548)
Sepkowitz K, Gold JW, Campbell SW, Armstrong D; Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center (MSKCC), New York, NY, USA

OBJECTIVE: To determine the attack rate for AIDS in a cohort of 93 homosexual men identified with lymphadenopathy between 1981-1983.

METHODS: Cases of AIDS occurring in a previously described cohort (Medicine 1985; 64: 203-213.) followed at MSKCC were documented. Patients lost to follow-up (LF) were traced. The attack rate as of 30 Jan., 1989, was calculated (Kaplan-Meier survival curve).

RESULTS: 25/41 LF were traced. 52 patients had been continuously followed. 3 HIV negative patients were excluded. 40 patients developed AIDS, 1 died without AIDS, 30 were alive without AIDS and 19 were LF. The attack rate for AIDS was 58.4% at 7 years.

CONCLUSION: The average annual attack rate for AIDS has been 8.3%/year in this population.

Keywords: AEGIS, Homosexuality, Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome, Lymphatic Diseases, CD4 Lymphocyte Count, Prognosis, Leukocyte Count, Human, Male, diagnosis, ICA5KWDaegis,homosexuality,acquiredimmunodeficiencysyndrome,lymphaticdiseases,cd4lymphocytecount,prognosis,leukocytecount,human,male,diagnosis,ica5

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