Ignoring the obvious missing piece of chronic kidney disease in HIV: cigarette smoking.

摘要: The impact of tobacco use on the development chronic kidney disease (CKD) in people living with HIV (PLWH) has been overlooked, despite remarkably higher rates smoking these individuals. authors examined association between and risk CKD a case-controlled study that included 75 PLWH 461 consecutively admitted to hospital for other causes. Significant differences gender, race/ethnicity, hypertension, hepatitis B, CD4 cell counts, cases controls were reported, suggesting variables may be factors CKD. In logistic regression analyses, ( OR  = 1.97, p  = .003), hypertension  = 2), African ancestry, particularly Black Caribbeans  = 2.6), independent associated Moreover, results pointed dose-response relationship packs smoked per day Smoking was reported contribute significant subjects.