@article {4467, title = {Long-term mortality in HIV-positive individuals virally suppressed for >3 years with incomplete CD4 recovery}, journal = {Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America}, volume = {58}, year = {2014}, month = {2014 May}, pages = {1312-21}, abstract = {Some human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected individuals initiating combination antiretroviral therapy (cART) with low CD4 counts achieve viral suppression but not CD4 cell recovery. We aimed to identify (1) risk factors for failure to achieve CD4 count >200 cells/{\textmu}L after 3 years of sustained viral suppression and (2) the association of the achieved CD4 count with subsequent mortality.}, keywords = {Adult, Anti-HIV Agents, Cause of Death, CD4 Lymphocyte Count, Cohort Studies, Female, Heterosexuality, HIV Infections, Humans, Logistic Models, Male, Middle Aged, Risk Factors, Substance-Related Disorders, Viral Load}, issn = {1537-6591}, doi = {10.1093/cid/ciu038}, author = {Engsig, Frederik N and Zangerle, Robert and Katsarou, Olga and Dabis, Francois and Reiss, Peter and Gill, John and Porter, Kholoud and Sabin, Caroline and Riordan, Andrew and F{\"a}tkenheuer, Gerd and Guti{\'e}rrez, F{\'e}lix and Raffi, Francois and Kirk, Ole and Mary-Krause, Murielle and Stephan, Christoph and de Olalla, Patricia Garcia and Guest, Jodie and Samji, Hasina and Castagna, Antonella and d{\textquoteright}Arminio Monforte, Antonella and Skaletz-Rorowski, Adriane and Ramos, Jose and Lapadula, Giuseppe and Mussini, Cristina and Force, Llu{\'\i}s and Meyer, Laurence and Lampe, Fiona and Boufassa, Faroudy and Bucher, Heiner C and De Wit, St{\'e}phane and Burkholder, Greer A and Teira, Ramon and Justice, Amy C and Sterling, Tim R and Crane, Heidi M and Gerstoft, Jan and Grarup, Jesper and May, Margaret and Ch{\^e}ne, Genevi{\`e}ve and Ingle, Suzanne M and Sterne, Jonathan and Obel, Niels} }