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Multimorbidity burden in an HIV population
aged over 50 in South-East England
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".......clinicians will need to adopt a patient centred approach
towards PLWH, rather than single organ management. Both preventative
approaches and education alongside proactive management....."
Reported by Jules Levin
BHIVA 2019 April 2-5 Bournemouth International Centre, UK
L Mortimer1, J Wright1 and T Levett1
1Brighton and Sussex Medical School, Brighton UK
Multimorbidity: Present in 62.9% and rose with age (figure 2). Those with MM
were older than those without (median age 60.5 vs 58.6, p=0.023).
Different hypotheses exist for why greater MM occurs in PLWH, notably chronic
inflammation, premature immunosenescence and ART toxicity alongside a greater
burden of behavioural risk factors 3,4. Many associations with MM are reported
including both HIV factors and traditional risk factors.
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