| Literature DB >> 24378754 |
Giuseppe V De Socio1, Giustino Parruti, Elena Ricci, Paolo Maggi, Benedetto M Celesia, Giovanni Penco, Canio Martinelli, Marco Franzetti, Antonio Di Biagio, Paolo Bonfanti, Giacomo Pucci, Giuseppe Schillaci.
Abstract
Cardiovascular risk profile was compared in 765 Italian HIV-infected outpatients enrolled in 2005 and in 765 individually age-matched and sex-matched patients enrolled in 2011. Median Framingham risk score was 8.6% in 2005 vs. 7.9% in 2011 (P = 0.04); metabolic syndrome was present in 40.3% vs. 33.4% (P = 0.006). Blood glucose, triglycerides, prevalence of smokers, and lipodystrophy were all significantly lower in 2011 (all P < 0.0001). Cardiovascular risk improved over a 6-year period in Italian HIV-infected patients.Entities:
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Year: 2014 PMID: 24378754 DOI: 10.1097/QAD.0000000000000181
Source DB: PubMed Journal: AIDS ISSN: 0269-9370 Impact factor: 4.177