Effect of hormonal contraceptive use on plasma HIV-1-RNA levels among HIV-infected women

  • Helen E. Cejtin
  • , Lisa Jacobson
  • , Gayle Springer
  • , D. Heather Watts
  • , Alexandra Levine
  • , Ruth Greenblatt
  • , Kathryn Anastos
  • , Howard L. Minkoff
  • , Leslie S. Massad
  • , Julie B. Schmidt

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Abstract

We compared the HIV-1-RNA and CD4 lymphocyte counts from users and non-users of hormonal contraception cross-sectionally upon entry into the Women's Interagency HIV Study, and again longitudinally. There did not appear to be an association between hormonal contraception use and HIV-1-RNA levels in our study. There was a small increase in CD4 cell counts among hormonal users of doubtful clinical significance.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1702-1704
Number of pages3
JournalAIDS
Volume17
Issue number11
DOIs
StatePublished - Jul 25 2003

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