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From: AIDS-related opportunistic illnesses and early initiation of HIV care remain critical in the contemporary HAART era: a retrospective cohort study in Taiwan

Fig. 2

Analysis of AOI-related mortality. a Proportions of all-cause mortalities by interval since HIV enrollment and the proportion of AOIs as the cause of mortality by interval since HIV enrollment in the three study periods. Overall, 42 of the 56 deaths (75%) occurred within 180 days of enrollment for HIV care, and the proportion of mortalities within each of the two intervals did not significantly differ among the three study periods (P = 0.469). AOIs were the cause of 83.9% (47/56) of mortalities. The proportion of mortalities caused by AOIs declined significantly [from 95.2% (40/42) for deaths ≤180 days after HIV enrollment to 50.0% (7/14) for deaths ≥181 days after HIV enrollment (P < 0.001)]. As the cause of death stratified by interval since HIV enrollment, the proportion of mortalities caused by AOIs did not significantly differ among the three study periods (P = 0.620 and 0.264 for deaths ≤180 days and ≥ 181 days after enrollment, respectively). b Kaplan–Meier curves of all-cause mortality by CD4 cell count at presentation. The curves illustrated poorer survival among patients with a CD4 cell count of < 200 cells/μL at presentation compared with those with a CD4 cell count of 200–499 cells/μL at presentation (log-rank test, P < 0.001) and ≥ 500 cells/μL at presentation (log-rank test, P < 0.001)

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