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Explaining Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Antiretroviral Therapy Adherence and Viral Suppression among U.S. Men Who Have Sex with Men
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6 01 2024
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Source: AIDS. 38(7):1073-1080
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Alternative Title:AIDS
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Description:Objective:
To identify factors—including social determinants of health (SDOH)—that explain racial/ethnic disparities in antiretroviral therapy (ART) adherence and sustained viral suppression (SVS) among U.S. men who have sex with men (MSM) with HIV.
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We used weighted data from 2017–2021 cycles of the Medical Monitoring Project.
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Among MSM taking ART, we calculated prevalence differences (PDs) with 95% confidence intervals (CIs) of ART adherence (100% ART adherence, past 30 days) and SVS (all viral loads in past 12 months <200 copies/mL or undetectable) for Black MSM (BMSM) and Hispanic/Latino MSM (HMSM) compared with White MSM (WMSM). Using forward stepwise selection, we calculated adjusted PDs with 95% CIs to examine if controlling for selected variables reduced PDs.
Results:
After adjusting for age, any unmet service need, federal poverty level (FPL), food insecurity, homelessness, time since HIV diagnosis, gap in health coverage, and education, the BMSM/WMSM PD for ART adherence reduced from −16.9 to −8.2 (51.5%). For SVS, the BMSM/WMSM PD reduced from −8.3 to −3.6 (56.6%) after adjusting for ART adherence, age, homelessness, food insecurity, gap in health coverage, FPL, any unmet service need, time since diagnosis, and ER visit(s). The HMSM/WMSM PD for ART adherence reduced from −9.3 to −2.9 (68.8%) after adjusting for age and FPL. The unadjusted HMSM/WMSM PD for SVS was not statistically significant.
Conclusions:
Adjusting for SDOH and other factors greatly reduced racial/ethnic disparities in ART adherence and SVS. Addressing these factors—particularly among BMSM—could substantially improve health equity among MSM with HIV.
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Pubmed ID:38418843
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Pubmed Central ID:PMC11063929
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