Cognitive impairment and cardiovascular disease related to alexithymia in a well-controlled HIV-infected population.

In conclusion, in the context of a well-controlled HIV infection, we found a low prevalence of alexithymia comparable to healthy controls. Alexithymia was linked to higher risk of CV disease in the HIV-positive population, but with a rate similar to that previously estimated in the HIV-negative alexithymic. Finally, alexithymia was clearly associated to cognitive impairment only in the psychomotor speed domain, suggesting a common fronto-striatal system dysregulation. PMID: 31545771 [PubMed - in process]
Source: Infezioni in Medicina - Category: Infectious Diseases Tags: Infez Med Source Type: research