Open AccessHIV/hepatitis C virus coinfection ameliorates the atherogenic lipoprotein abnormalities of HIV infection
Author(s) -
Amber L. Wheeler,
Rebecca Scherzer,
Daniel Lee,
Joseph A. Delaney,
Peter Bacchetti,
Michael G. Shlipak,
Stephen Sidney,
Carl Grünfeld,
Phyllis C. Tien
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
aids
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.195
H-Index - 216
eISSN - 1473-5571
pISSN - 0269-9370
DOI - 10.1097/qad.0000000000000026
Subject(s) - coinfection , hepatitis c virus , medicine , hepatitis c , lipoprotein , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , immunology , gastroenterology , cholesterol , virus
Higher levels of small low-density lipoprotein (LDL) and lower levels of high-density lipoprotein (HDL) subclasses have been associated with increased risk of cardiovascular disease. The extent to which HIV infection and HIV/hepatitis C virus (HCV) coinfection are associated with abnormalities of lipoprotein subclasses is unknown.