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SUBMITTER: Stein JH
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3664137 | biostudies-other | 2013 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
Stein James H JH Brown Todd T TT Ribaudo Heather J HJ Chen Yun Y Yan Mingzhu M Lauer-Brodell Elizabeth E McComsey Grace A GA Dubé Michael P MP Murphy Robert L RL Hodis Howard N HN Currier Judith S JS
AIDS (London, England) 20130301 6
<h4>Objective</h4>To evaluate associations between traditional cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk factors, inflammatory markers and markers of HIV disease activity with ultrasonographic measures of CVD risk in patients with HIV who are not receiving antiretroviral therapy (ART).<h4>Design</h4>Cross-sectional, baseline evaluation of ART-naive HIV-infected individuals without known CVD or diabetes mellitus enrolled in a randomized ART treatment trial.<h4>Methods</h4>Prior to ART initiation, carotid ...[more]