Background:Although the high burden of both active smoking and human immunodeficiency virus(HIV)is clearly know n,the relati on ship between them is still not well characterized.Therefore,we estimated the global preva...Background:Although the high burden of both active smoking and human immunodeficiency virus(HIV)is clearly know n,the relati on ship between them is still not well characterized.Therefore,we estimated the global prevale nee of active smoking in people living with HIV(PLHIV)on antiretroviral therapy(ART)and investigated the association between exposure to active smoking and risk for suboptimal adherence to ART.Main text:We searched PubMed,Embase,and Web of Science to identify articles published until September 19,2019.Eligible studies reported the prevalence of active smoking in PLHIV on ART or investigated the association between active smoking and ART adherence;or enough data to compute these estimates.展开更多
文摘Background:Although the high burden of both active smoking and human immunodeficiency virus(HIV)is clearly know n,the relati on ship between them is still not well characterized.Therefore,we estimated the global prevale nee of active smoking in people living with HIV(PLHIV)on antiretroviral therapy(ART)and investigated the association between exposure to active smoking and risk for suboptimal adherence to ART.Main text:We searched PubMed,Embase,and Web of Science to identify articles published until September 19,2019.Eligible studies reported the prevalence of active smoking in PLHIV on ART or investigated the association between active smoking and ART adherence;or enough data to compute these estimates.