Open AccessPrehypertension, Hypertension, and the Risk of Acute Myocardial Infarction in HIV-Infected and -Uninfected Veterans
Author(s) -
Kaku A. Armah,
ChungChou H. Chang,
Jason V. Baker,
Ramachandran S. Vasan,
Matthew J. Budoff,
Heidi M. Crane,
Cynthia Gibert,
Matthew Bidwell Goetz,
David Leaf,
Kathleen McGinnis,
Kris Ann Oursler,
David Rimland,
Maria C. RodriguezBarradas,
Jason J. Sico,
Alberta L. Warner,
Priscilla Y. Hsue,
Lewis H. Kuller,
Amy C. Justice,
Matthew S. Freiberg
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
clinical infectious diseases/clinical infectious diseases (online. university of chicago. press)
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.44
H-Index - 336
eISSN - 1537-6591
pISSN - 1058-4838
DOI - 10.1093/cid/cit652
Subject(s) - medicine , hazard ratio , myocardial infarction , blood pressure , cohort , proportional hazards model , confidence interval , prehypertension , cohort study , veterans affairs
Compared to uninfected people, human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected individuals may have an increased risk of acute myocardial infarction (AMI). Currently, HIV-infected people are treated to the same blood pressure (BP) goals (<140/90 or <130/80 mm Hg) as their uninfected counterparts. Whether HIV-infected people with elevated BP have excess AMI risk compared to uninfected people is not known. This study examines whether the association between elevated BP and AMI risk differs by HIV status.