Association of HIV and HCV Infection With Carotid Artery Plaque Echomorphology in the MACS/WIHS Combined Cohort Study

BACKGROUND: HIV and hepatitis C virus (HCV) are associated with increased risk of carotid artery atherosclerotic plaque and stroke. We examined associations of HIV- and HCV-related factors with echomorphologic features of carotid artery plaque.

METHODS: This cross-sectional study included participants from the MACS (Multicenter AIDS Cohort Study)/WIHS (Women's Interagency HIV Study) Combined Cohort Study who underwent high-resolution B-mode carotid artery ultrasound. Plaques were characterized from 6 areas of the right carotid artery. Poisson regression controlling for demographic and cardiometabolic risk factors determined adjusted prevalence ratios (aPRs) and 95% CIs for associations of HIV- and HCV-related factors with echomorphologic features.

RESULTS: Of 2655 participants (65% women, median age 44 [interquartile range, 37-50] years), 1845 (70%) were living with HIV, 600 (23%) were living with HCV, and 425 (16%) had carotid plaque. There were 191 plaques identified in 129 (11%) women with HIV, 51 plaques in 32 (7%) women without HIV, 248 plaques in 171 (28%) men with HIV, and 139 plaques in 93 (29%) men without HIV. Adjusted analyses showed that people with HIV and current CD4+ count <200 cells/µL had a significantly higher prevalence of predominantly echolucent plaque (aPR, 1.86 [95% CI, 1.08-3.21]) than those without HIV. HCV infection alone (aPR, 1.86 [95% CI, 1.08-3.19]) and HIV-HCV coinfection (aPR, 1.75 [95% CI, 1.10-2.78]) were each associated with higher prevalence of predominantly echogenic plaque. HIV-HCV coinfection was also associated with higher prevalence of smooth surface plaque (aPR, 2.75 [95% CI, 1.03-7.32]) compared with people without HIV and HCV.

CONCLUSIONS: HIV with poor immunologic control, as well as HCV infection, either alone or in the presence of HIV, were associated with different echomorphologic phenotypes of carotid artery plaque.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:55

Enthalten in:

Stroke - 55(2024), 3 vom: 01. März, Seite 651-659

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Bravo, Claudio A [VerfasserIn]
Moon, Jee-Young [VerfasserIn]
Davy, Krista [VerfasserIn]
Kaplan, Robert C [VerfasserIn]
Anastos, Kathryn [VerfasserIn]
Rodriguez, Carlos J [VerfasserIn]
Post, Wendy S [VerfasserIn]
Gange, Stephen J [VerfasserIn]
Kassaye, Seble G [VerfasserIn]
Kingsley, Lawrence A [VerfasserIn]
Lazar, Jason M [VerfasserIn]
Mack, Wendy J [VerfasserIn]
Pyslar, Nataliya [VerfasserIn]
Tien, Phyllis C [VerfasserIn]
Witt, Mallory D [VerfasserIn]
Palella, Frank J [VerfasserIn]
Li, Yanjie [VerfasserIn]
Yan, Mingzhu [VerfasserIn]
Hodis, Howard N [VerfasserIn]
Hanna, David B [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Atherosclerosis
Carotid arteries
HIV infections
Hepatitis C
Journal Article
Multicenter Study
Stroke

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Date Completed 27.02.2024

Date Revised 16.03.2024

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1161/STROKEAHA.123.043922

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM368234819