People with HIV, if treated regularly, have a five-year mortality rate very similar to those who are not affected by the virus. This was stated by a study published by the Annals of Internal Medicine that analyzed a group of patients between 1999 and 2017, according to which the greatest progress has been made since 2011.
In the study, researchers from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill analyzed the data of about 83,000 people treated in 13 different centers, whose all-cause mortality data were compared with those of as many subjects similar in characteristics but without the infection. The difference in mortality 5 years after diagnosis was 11.1% for patients who started treatment between 1997 and 2004, and 2.7% for those who entered antiretroviral therapy between 2011 and 2017 , with the decline affecting all demographic subgroups studied.
“The decline in mortality among people with HIV probably reflects progress in treatments – the authors conclude -, the new guidelines on early care, the greater commitment to care, the highest levels of viral suppression, the tendency to treat patients. earlier and the evolution of patient characteristics over time. The study is important because understanding the differences in mortality between those who initiate HIV treatments and the general population is essential to improve care “.
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