Observational studyThe lancet. HIV2022
Differences in healthy longevity by HIV status and viral load among older South African adults: an observational cohort modelling study.
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- Causes of death in adults living with HIV in South Africa: A single-centre postmortem study.Southern African journal of HIV medicine · 2025Article
- Socio-Behavioural Barriers to Viral Suppression in the Older Adult Population in Rural South Africa.AIDS and behavior · 2024Article
- Tobacco smoking, smoking cessation and life expectancy among people with HIV on antiretroviral therapy in South Africa: a simulation modelling study.Journal of the International AIDS Society · 2024Article
- Prevalence and predictors of HIV-related disability among people living with HIV in Nigeria.The South African journal of physiotherapy · 2024Article
- Moving towards a person-centred HIV care cascade: An exploration of potential biases and errors in routine data in South Africa.PLOS global public health · 2024Article
- Global, regional, and national disease burden and attributable risk factors of HIV/AIDS in older adults aged 70 years and above: a trend analysis based on the Global Burden of Disease study 2019.Epidemiology and infection · 2023Article
- Mapping digital health ecosystems in Africa in the context of endemic infectious and non-communicable diseases.NPJ digital medicine · 2023Article
- Impact of diabetes on longevity and disability-free life expectancy among older South African adults: A prospective longitudinal analysis.Diabetes research and clinical practice · 2023Article
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Abstract
backgroundThe population of people living with HIV in South Africa is rapidly ageing due to increased survivorship attributable to antiretroviral therapy (ART). We sought to understand how the combined effects of HIV and ART have led to differences in healthy longevity by HIV status and viral suppression in this context.
methodsIn this observational cohort modelling study we use longitudinal data from the 2015 baseline interview (from Nov 13, 2014, to Nov 30, 2015) and the 2018 longitudinal follow-up interview (from Oct 12, 2018, to Nov 7, 2019) of the population-based study Health and Ageing in Africa: a Longitudinal Study of an INDEPTH Community in South Africa (HAALSI) to estimate life expectancy and disability-free life expectancy (DFLE) of adults aged 40 years and older in rural South Africa. Respondents who consented to HIV testing, responded to survey questions on disability, and who were either interviewed in both surveys or who died between survey waves were included in the analysis. We estimate life expectancy and DFLE by HIV status and viral suppression (defined as <200 copies per mL) using Markov-based microsimulation.
findingsAmong the 4322 eligible participants from the HAALSI study, we find a clear gradient in remaining life expectancy and DFLE based on HIV serostatus and viral suppression. At age 45 years, the life expectancy of a woman without HIV was 33·2 years (95% CI 32·0-35·0), compared with 31·6 years (29·2-34·1) a woman with virally suppressed HIV, and 26·4 years (23·1-29·1) for a woman with unsuppressed HIV; life expectancy for a 45 year old man without HIV was 27·2 years (25·8-29·1), compared with 24·1 years (20·9-27·2) for a man with virally suppressed HIV, and 17·4 years (15·0-20·3) for a man with unsuppressed HIV. Men and women with viral suppression could expect to live nearly as many years of DFLE as HIV-uninfected individuals at ages 45 years and 65 years.
interpretationThese results highlight the tremendous benefits of ART for population health in high-HIV-prevalence contexts and reinforce the need for continued work in making ART treatment accessible to ageing populations.
fundingNational Institutes of Health.
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