Association of HIV Infection and Risk of Peripheral Artery Disease.

Conclusions -Infection with HIV is associated with a 19% increased risk of PAD beyond that explained by traditional atherosclerotic risk factors. However, for those with sustained CD4 cell counts<200 cells/mm3 the risk of incident PAD events is nearly two-fold higher whereas for those with sustained CD4 cell counts≥500 cells/mm3 there is no excess risk of incident PAD events compared to uninfected people. PMID: 29535090 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

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Source: Circulation - March 13, 2018 Category: Cardiology Authors: Beckman JA, Duncan MS, Alcorn CW, So-Armah K, Butt AA, Goetz MB, Tindle HA, Sico J, Tracy RP, Justice AC, Freiberg MS Tags: Circulation Source Type: research