New HIV diagnoses and risk factors for late HIV diagnosis, Finland, 2008–2023
Sanna Isosomppi, Inka Aho, Jukka Ollgren, Kirsi Liitsola, Mikaela Mutru, Pia Kivelä · 2026
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Description
Sanna Isosomppi and colleagues analyze, in a 2026 retrospective study of Finland's national HIV register, who gets diagnosed late and why. Late diagnosis delays treatment, raises illness and death, and costs more, so the team examined new registrations from 2008 to 2023 under an updated definition of lateness.
Of 2,683 people registered, half of the newly diagnosed, 50.3 percent, were diagnosed late. Older age stood out as the strongest independent risk factor, with odds rising steadily per decade of life. Among women, those born in Asia or Africa faced far higher odds of late diagnosis than Finnish-born women, while Finnish-born women had lower odds than men. The authors recommend stronger testing offers and risk awareness aimed at older adults and migrants from high-prevalence countries.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Sanna Isosomppi, Inka Aho, Jukka Ollgren, Kirsi Liitsola, Mikaela Mutru, Pia Kivelä |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 43319 |
| LICENSE | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |