| Literature DB >> 18580617 |
Félix Gutiérrez1, Enrique Bernal, Sergio Padilla, Ildefonso Hernández, Mar Masiá.
Abstract
Both low and high ankle-brachial index are considered as indicators of systemic atherosclerosis in older HIV-negative adults. Whether those ankle-brachial index values are predictors of atherosclerosis in HIV-positive subjects remains unknown. We measured ankle-brachial index in 139 HIV-infected patients and compared the results obtained with carotid intima-media thickness, a well established marker of subclinic atherosclerosis. Ankle-brachial index was associated with carotid intima-media thickness. Patients with low ankle-brachial index, but not those with high ankle-brachial index, had high carotid intima-media thickness.Entities:
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Year: 2008 PMID: 18580617 DOI: 10.1097/QAD.0b013e3282f7cb88
Source DB: PubMed Journal: AIDS ISSN: 0269-9370 Impact factor: 4.177