Zhonghua yu fang yi xue za zhi [Chinese journal of preventive medicine]
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Zhonghua Yu Fang Yi Xue Za Zhi · Nov 2015
[Survival time and associated factors of 8 310 AIDS patients initially receiving antiretroviral treatment of Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan province of China].
To investigate the survival time and its impact factors among AIDS patients who initially received antiretroviral treatment (ART) of Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan province. ⋯ Accumulate survival rate was higher after initial antiretroviral treatment among AIDS patients in Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan province. AIDS patients who are males, have tuberculosis in recent year, infected HIV via route of intravenous drug use, with AIDS-related illness or symptoms in 3 months before ART, lower baseline CD4 (+) T lymphocyte count have higher risk of death.