Table 5

Studies evaluating populations in resource-rich settings with access to ART

AuthorYearStudy locationTotal number of participants% HIV+HIV+ on ART (%)% undetectable HIV plasma loadMean/median blood CD4% HIV+ smokers% HIV− smokersDefinition of cough% HIV+ with cough% HIV− with coughDefinition of breathlessness% HIV+ with breathlessness% HIV− with breathlessness
Drummond27
ALIVE cohort
2010USA974305416.53208386Cough present 329MRC dyspnoea score ≥23528
Morning cough ≥4 days per week1919
Morning cough ≥3 months1515
Crothers8
Lung HIV Study
2013USA5895189844934735Unusual cough2820MRC dyspnoea score ≥21511
Fitzpatrick7
WIHS
2013USA996481NS4264650Dyspnoea3531
Madeddu302013Italy1766378715415758Cough3214MRC dyspnoea score ≥23115
Campo32
EXHALE substudy, VACS cohort
2014USA3405389NS4316458Chronic cough2516MRC dyspnoea score ≥22516
Gingo33
MACS
2014USA18964877705723123Cough4238Dyspnoea149
Gingo
WIHS
2014USA19767176565023952Cough5458Dyspnoea3637
  • ART, antiretroviral therapy; MACS, Multi-Centre AIDS Cohort Study; VACS, Veterans Aging Cohort Study; WIHS, Women's Interagency HIV Study.