Document 0951
 DOCN  M94A0951
 TI    Changing presentation of HIV in a rural population from the southeastern
       USA.
 DT    9412
 AU    Katner HP; Smith MU; Whyte BM; Stephens JL; Department of Internal
       Medicine, Mercer University School of; Medicine, Macon, GA 31208.
 SO    Int Conf AIDS. 1994 Aug 7-12;10(2):243 (abstract no. PC0333). Unique
       Identifier : AIDSLINE ICA10/94371624
 AB    OBJECTIVES: To document changes in clinical presentation and
       demographics in HIV positive patients from a rural and small urban area
       of central Georgia in the southeastern USA. METHODS: A retrospective
       abstraction of patients records presenting over a 3-year period was
       performed. Demographics, clinical diagnosis, immunologic status and
       laboratory in presentation were reviewed. Trends were analyzed by ANOVA.
       RESULTS: 75 patients were enrolled. The following annual trends were
       documented: TABULAR DATA, SEE ABSTRACT VOLUME. DISCUSSION: An increasing
       percentage of our HIV infected patients are of African American descent.
       Though the mean age at presentation has declined, patients are
       presenting earlier both clinically and immunologically. This may be
       evidence of an increased awareness of HIV in this population.
 DE    Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome/*EPIDEMIOLOGY  Adult  Female
       Georgia/EPIDEMIOLOGY  Human  HIV Infections/*EPIDEMIOLOGY  Male
       Retrospective Studies  Rural Population  MEETING ABSTRACT

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