High-sensitivity C-reactive protein levels in HIV-infected patients treated or not with antiretroviral drugs and their correlation with factors related to cardiovascular risk and HIV infection

• Published in: Atherosclerosis Vol. 201; no. 2; pp. 434 - 439
• Main Authors: Guimarães, Milena Maria Moreira, Greco, Dirceu Bartolomeu, Figueiredo, Sônia Maria de, Fóscolo, Rodrigo Bastos, Oliveira, Antônio Ribeiro de, Machado, Lucas José de Campos
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Amsterdam Elsevier Ireland Ltd 01.12.2008; Elsevier
• Subjects: Adiposity; Adult; Anthropometry - methods; Anti-Retroviral Agents - therapeutic use; Antiretroviral therapy; Atherosclerosis (general aspects, experimental research); Biological and medical sciences; Blood and lymphatic vessels; C-reactive protein; C-Reactive Protein - biosynthesis; Cardiology. Vascular system; Cardiovascular; Cardiovascular disease; Cardiovascular Diseases - blood; Cardiovascular Diseases - diagnosis; Cardiovascular risk; Coronary heart disease; Cross-Sectional Studies; Female; Heart; HIV; HIV Infections - blood; HIV Infections - drug therapy; Humans; Male; Medical sciences; Metabolic syndrome; Metabolic Syndrome - blood; Metabolic Syndrome - diagnosis; Middle Aged; Risk Factors; Sensitivity and Specificity; Cardiovascular disease; C-reactive protein; HIV; Metabolic syndrome; Antiretroviral therapy; Cardiovascular risk; Endocrinopathy; Immunopathology; Retroviridae; Metabolic diseases; AIDS; Immune deficiency; Lentivirus; Infection; Vascular disease; Virus; Treatment; Viral disease; Atherosclerosis; Risk factor; Antiviral; Human immunodeficiency virus; C reactive protein

Abstract Aims To compare high-sensitivity C-reactive protein (hsCRP) in HIV-infected patients treated or not with antiretroviral (ARV) drugs and to correlate hsCRP levels with traditional cardiovascular risk factors and parameters of HIV infection. Methods One hundred and seventy-one HIV-infected pa...