How important is race/ethnicity as an indicator of risk for specific AIDS-defining conditions?
Hu DJ; Fleming PL; Castro KG; Jones JL; Bush TJ; Hanson D; Chu SY; Kaplan J; Ward JW Division of HIV/AIDS, National Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia 30333, USA. In order to examine differences in the prevalence of AIDS-defining conditions by race/ethnicity, we analyzed U.S. surveillance data for 203,470 adolescents and adults diagnosed with AIDS from 1988 through 1992. A number of AIDS-indicator conditions were more common among certain racial/ethnic groups. The prevalence of extrapulmonary tuberculosis was higher among blacks, Hispanics, Asians/Pacific Islanders, and American Indians/Alaskan Natives than among whites. The prevalence of isosporiasis and toxoplasmosis was higher among Hispanics than among blacks or whites. Furthermore, the likelihood of being diagnosed with extrapulmonary tuberculosis (TB), toxoplasmosis, or isosporiasis was generally higher among foreign-born than among U.S.-born persons of all racial/ethnic g
