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AIDS
Volume 25, Issue 1, Pages 87-94Publisher
LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS
DOI: 10.1097/QAD.0b013e328340fd99
Keywords
antiretroviral therapy; CD4; cervical cancer; cohort; HPV; squamous intraepithelial lesion
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- President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR)
- US Agency for International Development (USAID) [674-A-00-05-00003-00]
- Fogarty International Center [D43TW000010-21S1, U2RTW007370/3]
- NIH [R01HL090312]
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Objective: To ascertain progression and regression of cervical dysplasia in HIV-infected women in Soweto. Design: Prospective cohort. Methods: Women attending an HIV wellness clinic were offered cervical smears as part of care; smears were assessed using the Bethesda system. Those with high-grade lesions or worse were referred for colposcopy. Progression analyses included women with at least two smears at least 5.5 months apart. Hazard ratios were used to ascertain predictors of progression. Results: Two thousand, three hundred and twenty-five women had a baseline smear; their median age and CD4 cell count was 32 years and 312 cells/mu l, respectively; 17% were taking highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART); 62, 20 and 14% had normal, low-grade squamous intraepithelial lesions (LSIL) or high-grade squamous intraepithelial lesions (HSIL), respectively. Of those with baseline normal or LSIL smears, 1074 had another smear; progression from normal to LSIL was 9.6/100 person-years (95% CI 8.3-11.1) and progression from normal or LSIL to HSIL was 4.6/100 person-years (95% CI 3.9-5.5). Of 225 women with LSIL at baseline and at least one subsequent smear at least 11.5 months later, 44.0% regressed to normal (21.2/100 person-years (95% CI 17.5-25.7)). Multivariate models suggested increasing risk for progression in women with CD4 cell count below 500 cells/mu l and HAART may reduce the risk of progression [adjusted hazard ratio (aHR) 0.72 (0.52-0.99)]. Conclusion: HIV-infected women have high rates of prevalent and incident HSIL and LSIL with relatively low risk of regression to normal from LSIL. HAART appears to protect against progression. Our findings suggest cervical screening intervals should be less than 10 years - irrespective of age in women with CD4 cell counts below 500 cells/mu l. (C) 2011 Wolters Kluwer Health vertical bar Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
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