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Brief Report: Hyperbilirubinemia Is Associated With a Decreased Risk of Carotid Atherosclerosis in HIV-Infected Patients on Virological Suppression
- Source :
- Journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes (1999). 79(5)
- Publication Year :
- 2018
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Abstract
- OBJECTIVE: To investigate the association between total, direct, and indirect bilirubin and the presence of carotid lesions in a large sample of HIV-1-infected patients on virological suppression. DESIGN: Retrospective study on adult HIV-1-infected patients, with a carotid ultrasound (CUS) examination performed between January 2008 and August 2016, with HIV-RNA
- Subjects :
- Adult
Carotid Artery Diseases
Male
medicine.medical_specialty
Statin
Sustained Virologic Response
Bilirubin
medicine.drug_class
Anti-HIV Agents
Infectious Disease
HIV Infections
030204 cardiovascular system & hematology
Lower risk
Gastroenterology
Carotid Intima-Media Thickness
Risk Assessment
03 medical and health sciences
chemistry.chemical_compound
Young Adult
0302 clinical medicine
Internal medicine
medicine
Humans
Pharmacology (medical)
030212 general & internal medicine
Aged
Hyperbilirubinemia
Retrospective Studies
Ultrasonography
business.industry
Retrospective cohort study
Odds ratio
Middle Aged
Confidence interval
Infectious Diseases
medicine.anatomical_structure
chemistry
Intima-media thickness
Female
business
Artery
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 19447884
- Volume :
- 79
- Issue :
- 5
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes (1999)
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....714dde22aa98e7ba2aa3d1f662d879e2