Abstract
We estimated small arterial elasticity and used linear regression to evaluate its association with inflammatory biomarkers among antiretroviral therapy-naïve, HIV-positive patients with high CD4+ counts. After adjustment, high-sensitivity C-reactive protein and interleukin-6 were inversely associated with small arterial elasticity. These data suggest that systemic inflammation may contribute to vascular dysfunction even in very early HIV disease.
Original language | English (US) |
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Journal | Open Forum Infectious Diseases |
Volume | 5 |
Issue number | 6 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Jun 1 2018 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:Financial support. This work was supported by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (grant numbers UM1-AI068641, UM1-AI120197; United States); Agence Nationale de Recherches sur le SIDA et les Hipatites Virales (France); National Health and Medical Research Council (Australia); National Research Foundation (Denmark); Bundes Ministerium f|r Bildung und Forschung (Germany); European AIDS Treatment Network, Medical Research Council (United Kingdom); National Institute for Health Research, National Health Service (United Kingdom); and the University of Minnesota.
Publisher Copyright:
© The Author(s) 2018.
Keywords
- Arterial elasticity
- Cardiovascular disease
- HIV infection
- Systemic inflammation
- Vascular dysfunction