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Comportamiento sexual, tabaquismo e infección por el VIH-1 en mujeres haitianas
N A Halsey1, J S Coberly, E Holt
1Department of International Health, Johns Hopkins University School of Hygiene and Public Health, Baltimore, Md.
JAMA
|April 15, 1992
Resumen
Fumar está relacionado con un mayor riesgo de infección por el virus de la inmunodeficiencia humana tipo 1 (VIH-1) en las mujeres haitianas. Esta asociación persiste incluso después de tener en cuenta los comportamientos de riesgo, lo que sugiere que fumar puede aumentar directamente el riesgo de VIH-1.
Área de la Ciencia:
- Epidemiología La epidemiología.
- Salud Pública La salud pública.
- Investigación de Enfermedades Infecciosas.
Sus antecedentes:
- Una observación previa sugirió un vínculo entre el tabaquismo y la infección por el VIH-1 en mujeres haitianas.
- La influencia potencial de la confusión de comportamientos de alto riesgo en esta asociación requirió una investigación.
Objetivo del estudio:
- Para determinar si los comportamientos de alto riesgo explican la asociación observada entre el tabaquismo y la infección por el VIH-1.
- Evaluar la asociación independiente entre el tabaquismo y la infección por VIH-1 en mujeres haitianas.
Principales métodos:
- Se realizó un estudio de casos y controles anidados en Cité Soleil, Haití.
- Se analizaron 89 fumadoras y 329 no fumadoras seleccionadas al azar.
- Se recopilaron datos sobre las prácticas sexuales de toda la vida y otros posibles factores de confusión.
Principales resultados:
- Los fumadores reportaron más parejas sexuales de por vida y tenían menos probabilidades de estar casados.
- Se encontró una asociación independiente entre el tabaquismo y la infección por el VIH-1 (OR, 3.4; IC del 95%, 1.6 a 7.5).
- Más de dos parejas sexuales de por vida y un estatus socioeconómico más bajo también se asociaron con la infección por VIH-1.
Conclusiones:
- Fumar sirve como un marcador para el comportamiento sexual de alto riesgo en esta población.
- Fumar se asocia de forma independiente con un mayor riesgo de infección por el VIH-1.
- Los hallazgos sugieren un efecto biológico potencial del tabaquismo sobre el riesgo de VIH-1, que merece un estudio más profundo.
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