PMID- 29094807 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20190125 LR - 20190125 IS - 1468-1293 (Electronic) IS - 1464-2662 (Linking) VI - 19 IP - 2 DP - 2018 Feb TI - Food insecurity may lead to incomplete HIV viral suppression and less immune reconstitution among HIV/hepatitis C virus-coinfected people. PG - 123-131 LID - 10.1111/hiv.12561 [doi] AB - OBJECTIVES: The aim of this study was to determine the impact of food insecurity (FI) on HIV viral load and CD4 count among people coinfected with HIV and hepatitis C virus (HCV). METHODS: This study was conducted using data from the Food Security & HIV-HCV Sub-Study of the Canadian Co-Infection Cohort study. FI was measured using the adult scale of Health Canada's Household Food Security Survey Module and was classified into three categories: food security, moderate food insecurity and severe food insecurity. The association between FI, HIV viral load, and CD4 count was assessed using a stabilized inverse probability weighted marginal structural model. RESULTS: A total of 725 HIV/HCV-coinfected people with 1973 person-visits over 3 years of follow-up contributed to this study. At baseline, 23% of participants experienced moderate food insecurity and 34% experienced severe food insecurity. The proportion of people with undetectable HIV viral load was 75% and the median CD4 count was 460 [interquartile range (IQR): 300-665] cells/muL. People experiencing severe food insecurity had 1.47 times [95% confidence interval (CI): 1.14, 1.88] the risk of having detectable HIV viral load and a 0.91-fold (95% CI: 0.84, 0.98) increase in CD4 count compared with people who were food secure. CONCLUSIONS: These findings provide evidence of the negative impact of food insecurity on HIV viral load and CD4 count among HIV/HCV-coinfected people. CI - (c) 2017 British HIV Association. FAU - Aibibula, W AU - Aibibula W AD - Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Occupational Health, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada. FAU - Cox, J AU - Cox J AD - Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Occupational Health, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada. AD - Department of Medicine, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada. FAU - Hamelin, A-M AU - Hamelin AM AD - Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Occupational Health, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada. FAU - Moodie, Eem AU - Moodie E AD - Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Occupational Health, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada. FAU - Naimi, A I AU - Naimi AI AD - Department of Epidemiology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA. FAU - McLinden, T AU - McLinden T AD - Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Occupational Health, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada. FAU - Klein, M B AU - Klein MB AD - Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Occupational Health, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada. AD - Department of Medicine, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada. FAU - Brassard, P AU - Brassard P AD - Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Occupational Health, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada. AD - Department of Medicine, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada. AD - Center for Clinical Epidemiology, Jewish General Hospital, Montreal, QC, Canada. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20171102 PL - England TA - HIV Med JT - HIV medicine JID - 100897392 SB - IM MH - Adult MH - CD4 Lymphocyte Count MH - Canada MH - Cohort Studies MH - Coinfection/*drug therapy MH - Female MH - *Food Supply MH - HIV Infections/*complications/*drug therapy MH - Hepatitis C, Chronic/*complications MH - Humans MH - *Immune Reconstitution MH - Male MH - Middle Aged MH - *Sustained Virologic Response MH - Treatment Outcome MH - Viral Load OTO - NOTNLM OT - CD4 count OT - HIV viral load OT - HIV/HCV coinfection OT - food insecurity OT - marginal structural model EDAT- 2017/11/03 06:00 MHDA- 2019/01/27 06:00 CRDT- 2017/11/03 06:00 PHST- 2017/09/15 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2017/11/03 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2019/01/27 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2017/11/03 06:00 [entrez] AID - 10.1111/hiv.12561 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - HIV Med. 2018 Feb;19(2):123-131. doi: 10.1111/hiv.12561. Epub 2017 Nov 2.