Elevated plasma apolipoprotein E levels in people living with HIV : Associations with biomarkers and HIV-specific risk factors

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BACKGROUND AND AIMS: Apolipoprotein E (apoE) plays a crucial role in cholesterol metabolism, and high levels of apoE in plasma are associated with cardiovascular disease and all-cause mortality. We aimed to assess if HIV is independently associated with high plasma apoE and to determine HIV-related risk factors for high plasma apoE.

METHODS: We included 661 people with HIV (PWH) from the Copenhagen Comorbidity in HIV (COCOMO) study with available measurement of plasma apoE. COCOMO participants were frequency matched 1:1 on age and sex with controls from the Copenhagen General Population Study. High plasma apoE was defined as levels above the 90th percentile (66.2 mg/L). The association between HIV and high plasma apoE was assessed using logistic regression models. Among PWH, both linear and logistic regression models were used to determine HIV-specific risk factors for high plasma apoE.

RESULTS: Mean age was 52 years and 89 % were male. Median plasma apoE was 49.0 mg/L in PWH and 43.3 mg/L in controls, p < 0.001. HIV was associated with higher plasma apoE after adjusting for potential confounders, including triglycerides (odds ratio 2.14 [95 % CI: 1.39-3.29], p < 0.001). In PWH, higher plasma apoE was associated with a previous AIDS-defining condition in linear models before adjustment for triglycerides and integrase strand transfer inhibitor use in fully adjusted linear models.

CONCLUSIONS: PWH had higher plasma apoE than controls even after adjusting for triglycerides. Further studies are needed to elucidate the clinical impact of high plasma apoE in PWH.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:390

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Atherosclerosis - 390(2024) vom: 01. März, Seite 117457

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Reimer Jensen, Anne Marie [VerfasserIn]
Frikke-Schmidt, Ruth [VerfasserIn]
Gelpi, Marco [VerfasserIn]
Knudsen, Andreas D [VerfasserIn]
Benfield, Thomas [VerfasserIn]
Nordestgaard, Børge G [VerfasserIn]
Afzal, Shoaib [VerfasserIn]
Biering-Sørensen, Tor [VerfasserIn]
Nielsen, Susanne Dam [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

APOE
Antiretroviral treatment
Apolipoprotein E
Apolipoproteins E
Biomarkers
HIV
Human immunodeficiency virus
Journal Article
Triglycerides

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Date Completed 11.03.2024

Date Revised 11.03.2024

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

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10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2024.117457

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NLM367909669