Subclinical atherosclerosis in low Framingham risk HIV patients

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BACKGROUND: Pathogenesis of atherosclerosis is complex, and differences between HIV-infected patients and general population cannot be completely explained by the higher prevalence of traditional cardiovascular risk factors. We aimed to analyse the association between inflammation and subclinical atherosclerosis in HIV patients with low Framingham risk score.

MATERIALS AND METHODS: Case-control study.

SETTING: Outpatient Infectious Diseases clinic in a university hospital.

SUBJECTS: HIV-1-infected patients aged > 35 years receiving antiretroviral treatment with viral load < 50 copies/mL and Framingham risk score < 10%.

EXCLUSION CRITERIA: inflammatory diseases; dyslipidaemia requiring statins; smoking > 5 cigarettes/day; diabetes; hypertension; vascular diseases.

MAIN OUTCOME: subclinical atherosclerosis determined by ultrasonography: common carotid intima-media thickness greater than 0·8 mm or carotid plaque presence. Explanatory variables: ribosomal bacterial DNA (rDNA), sCD14, interleukin-6 (IL-6) and TNF-α.

RESULTS: Eighty-four patients were included, 75% male, mean age 42 years and mean CD4+ cells 657 ± 215/mm3 . Median Framingham risk score was 1% at 10 years (percentile 25-75: 0·5-4%). Eighteen patients (21%) had subclinical atherosclerosis; the associated factors were older age (P = 0·001), waist-hip ratio (P = 0·01), time from HIV diagnosis (P = 0·02), rDNA (P = 0·04) and IL-6 (P = 0·01). In multivariate analysis, OR for subclinical atherosclerosis was 7 (95% CI, 1.3-40, P = 0.02) and 9 (95% CI, 1.0-85, P = 0.04) for patients older than 44 years and IL-6 > 6·6 pg/mL, respectively.

CONCLUSIONS: Well-controlled HIV patients with low Framingham risk score have a high prevalence of subclinical carotid atherosclerosis, and the main risk factors are age and inflammation. These patients are not receiving primary prophylaxis for cardiovascular events according to current guidelines.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2017

Erschienen:

2017

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:47

Enthalten in:

European journal of clinical investigation - 47(2017), 8 vom: 01. Aug., Seite 591-599

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

León, Rafael [VerfasserIn]
Reus, Sergio [VerfasserIn]
López, Nicolás [VerfasserIn]
Portilla, Irene [VerfasserIn]
Sánchez-Payá, José [VerfasserIn]
Giner, Livia [VerfasserIn]
Boix, Vicente [VerfasserIn]
Merino, Esperanza [VerfasserIn]
Torrús, Diego [VerfasserIn]
Moreno-Pérez, Óscar [VerfasserIn]
Portilla, Joaquín [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Anti-HIV Agents
Biomarkers
DNA, Ribosomal
HIV
Inflammation
Interleukin-6
Intima-media thickness
Journal Article
Lipopolysaccharide Receptors
Microbial translocation
Subclinical atherosclerosis

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Date Completed 19.06.2018

Date Revised 20.06.2018

published: Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1111/eci.12780

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM273419102