Giganti MJLimbada MMwango AMoyo CMulenga LBGuffey MBMulenga PLBolton-Moore CStringer JSChi BH2025-07-102012-Sep-010.1097/QAI.0b013e31825da11dhttps://pubs.cidrz.org/handle/123456789/11335Little is known about changes in hemoglobin concentration early in the course of antiretroviral therapy and its subsequent relation to survival. We analyzed data for 40,410 HIV-infected adults on antiretroviral therapy in Lusaka, Zambia. Our main exposure of interest was 6-month hemoglobin, but we stratified our analysis by baseline hemoglobin to allow for potential effect modification. Patients with a 6-month hemoglobin <8.5 g/dL, regardless of baseline, had the highest hazard for death after 6 months (hazard ratio: 4.5; 95% confidence interval: 3.3 to 6.3). Future work should look to identify causes of anemia in settings such as ours and evaluate strategies for more timely diagnosis and treatment.https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/22659648/