VA Connecticut Healthcare System, 11ACSL-G, 950 Campbell Avenue, West Haven, CT, 06516, USA.
Department of Internal Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA.
AIDS Behav. 2022 Nov;26(11):3589-3596. doi: 10.1007/s10461-022-03628-2. Epub 2022 May 13.
Helping people with HIV (PWH) and without HIV (PWoH) understand the relationship between physical symptoms and alcohol use might help motivate them to decrease use. In surveys collected in the Veterans Aging Cohort Study from 2002 to 2018, PWH and PWoH were asked about 20 common symptoms and whether they thought any were caused by alcohol use. Analyses were restricted to current alcohol users (AUDIT-C > 0). We applied generalized estimating equations. The outcome was having any Symptoms Attributed to Alcohol use (SxAA). Primary independent variables were each of the 20 symptoms and HIV status. Compared to PWoH, PWH had increased odds of SxAA (OR 1.54; 95% CI 1.27, 1.88). Increased AUDIT-C score was also associated with SxAA (OR 1.32; 95% CI 1.28, 1.36), as were trouble remembering, anxiety, and weight loss/wasting. Evidence that specific symptoms are attributed to alcohol use may help motive people with and without HIV decrease their alcohol use.
帮助 HIV 阳性者（PWH）和 HIV 阴性者（PWoH）了解身体症状和饮酒之间的关系，可能有助于促使他们减少饮酒。在 2002 年至 2018 年期间退伍军人老龄化队列研究中收集的调查中，询问了 PWH 和 PWoH 关于 20 种常见症状以及他们是否认为任何症状是由饮酒引起的。分析仅限于当前饮酒者（AUDIT-C>0）。我们应用了广义估计方程。结果是有任何归因于酒精使用的症状（SxAA）。主要的独立变量是 20 种症状中的每一种和 HIV 状况。与 PWoH 相比，PWH 出现 SxAA 的几率更高（OR 1.54；95%CI 1.27，1.88）。AUDIT-C 评分的增加也与 SxAA 相关（OR 1.32；95%CI 1.28，1.36），以及记忆力减退、焦虑和体重减轻/消瘦。特定症状归因于酒精使用的证据可能有助于促使有和没有 HIV 的人减少饮酒。
