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This study aimed to characterize foreign-born women living with HIV aged \u226565\u00a0years (FWLH) and compare them to age-matched Italian women (IWLH) and foreign-born men living with HIV (FMLH).<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Data were drawn from the multicenter Italian geriatric HIV cohort (GEPPO). We described sociodemographic characteristics, viro-immunological status, comorbidities, and multidimensional geriatric assessment in FWLH. A complete case analysis was supplemented by multiple imputation using the mice package with the Predictive Mean Matching (PMM) method, and pooled estimates were derived from regression models, that included an interaction term for sex \u00d7 birthplace.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      We included 330 participants: 285 (86.5%) women, 15 (4.5%) FWLH and 30 (9%) FMLH. Comparing FWLH to IWLH, lower CD4+\/CD8+ ratio (beta \u22120.38; 95% confidence interval (CI) \u22120.79, 0.03; p-value = 0.069) and percentage of CD4\n                      <jats:sup>+<\/jats:sup>\n                      cell (beta \u221210; 95% CI -16, \u22124.1; p-value = 0.001) and higher weight (beta 11; 95% CI 3.4, 18; p-value = 0.004) and BMI (beta 3.8; 95% CI 0.57, 7.0; p-value = 0.021) were observed. Comparing FMLH to FWLH, we found lower prevalence of multimorbidity (IRR 0.60, 95% CI 0.37, 0.98, p-value = 0.039) and osteoporosis, though risk difference for osteoporosis was not significant. In the interaction model, FWLH had a lower percentage of CD4\n                      <jats:sup>+<\/jats:sup>\n                      cells (\u03b2 = \u22120.38; 95% CI: \u22120.73, \u22120.02; p = 0.036).\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>FWLH in a geriatric cohort showed a profile of immune imbalance and higher weight, BMI, and multimorbidity; this may be possibly related to a worse metabolic profile and poorer access to care. However, there was no difference in virological response and antiretroviral therapies. 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