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Eye Health and Vision Function in
Adults Aging with Well-Controlled HIV
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PWH over 50 should see an Opthamologist.
March 2026
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Abstract
Here, we describe vision health in aging adults living with HIV (PLWH) and comparable people without HIV (PWOH) from the MACS/WIHS Combined Cohort Study (MWCCS). PLWH and PWOH aged 60 years and older were recruited from Baltimore/Washington, DC, from September 2021 to September 2023. Exact matching and sample weights were used to create age-balanced comparisons. Visual impairment (VA worse than 20/40 after refraction or CS worse than 1.50 logCS in the better eye) and the presence of eye pathology were assessed.
We studied 74 PLWH (97% virally suppressed) and 65 PWOH, aged 61 to 79 years, 36% Black, and 87% male. For PLWH and PWOH, distance VA impairment was noted in 4% vs. 1%, respectively, and uncorrected refractive error in 15% vs. 5%.
More than half had signs of dry eye disease (63% for PLWH and 51% for PWOH). About half of PLWH had developed at least an early stage of cataract, compared to 20% of PWOH. Posterior chamber abnormalities were observed in 4% and 0%, and glaucomatous changes in 19% and 25% of PLWH and PWOH, respectively. The need for eyecare was high among this sample of PLWH with viral suppression and PWOH.
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