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Determinants of cognitive health in Indonesian HIV patients beginning antiretroviral therapy
Riwanti Estiasari1,2, Ibnu Aryanto3, Silvia Lee4
1Department of Neurology, Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Indonesia, Jakarta, Indonesia.
Abstract:
Cognitive impairment has been described in people living with HIV and stable on antiretroviral therapy (ART), but has not been monitored in young adults beginning ART with a high burden of cytomegalovirus. We recruited 80 subjects beginning ART with < 200 CD4 T cells/μL in Jakarta, Indonesia. Cognitive function (Z-scores) began low but improved on ART, stabilizing after 6 months with improvements in all domains except memory function. The burden of cytomegalovirus persisting on ART (assessed via antibody levels) correlated inversely with Z-scores (notably memory function) at baseline. In linear mixed models, improvements in Z-scores were influenced by age, education, and CD4 T cell counts.
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