Cardiometabolic Phenotype and Arterial Stiffness in HIV-Positive Black African Patients

• 作 者: Daniel Lemogoum William Ngatch
• 机 构: DepartmentofCardiology,DepartmentofEndocrinologyandNutrition,HeymansInstituteofPharmacology,Hyperten
• 出 处: 预防医学期刊(英文)
• 发表日期: 2014年4期
• 关键词: Metabolic Syndrome Pulse Wave Velocity ARTERIAL STIFFNESS Human IMMUNODEFICIENCY

Objective: To test the hypothesis that Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) infection in Black patients is associated with increased cardiometabolic risk factors that may increase aortic stiffness assessed by pulse wave velocity (PWV). Methods: We matched 9