The Effect of Tuberculosis on Mortality in HIV Positive People: A Meta-Analysis

Masja Straetemans, Ana L Bierrenbach, Nico Nagelkerke, Philippe Glaziou and Marieke J van der Werf

PLOS ONE, 2010, vol. 5, issue 12, 1-10

Abstract: Background: Tuberculosis is a leading cause of death in people living with HIV (PLWH). We conducted a meta analysis to assess the effect of tuberculosis on mortality in people living with HIV. Methods: Meta-analysis of cohort studies assessing the effect of tuberculosis on mortality in PLWH. To identify eligible studies we systematically searched electronic databases (until December 2008), performed manual searches of citations from relevant articles, and reviewed conference proceedings. Multivariate hazard ratios (HR) of mortality in PLWH with and without tuberculosis, estimated in individual cohort studies, were pooled using random effect weighting according to “Der Simonian Laird method” if the p-value of the heterogeneity test was

Date: 2010
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