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  Vol. 167 No. 14, July 23, 2007 TABLE OF CONTENTS
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Does Selenium Supplementation Slow Progression of HIV? Potentially Misleading Presentation of the Results of a Trial

David A. Ross, BMBCh, PhD; Simon Cousens, PhD; Susanne Hildegard Wedner, MSc, MD; Charalambos Sismanidis, BA(Maths),  MSc(Med Stats), PhD

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Hurwitz et al1 present the results of a landmark placebo-controlled trial in the United States on the impact of a single daily selenium supplement on human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) disease progression (as measured by HIV viral load and CD4 cell count after 9 months). Of the participants, 73% were receiving antiretroviral therapy (ART) (76% in those allocated to selenium and 72% in those allocated to placebo). Although only 174 of 262 participants (66%) who initiated treatment were available for follow-up at 9 months and mean adherence to study treatment was estimated to have been 73% using a computerized electronic medication-monitoring cap and 81% by pill counts, follow-up rates and adherence were similar in the selenium-supplemented and placebo groups. The trial showed that at the 9-month follow-up, having been allocated to the . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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