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Cardiometabolic markers to identify cardiovascular disease risk in HIV-infected black South Africans

Author(s) -

Johannes M. Van Rooyen,

C.M.T. Fourie,

H.S. Steyn,

Gerhard Koekemoer,

Hugo W. Huisman,

Rudolph Schutte,

Leoné Malan,

Matthew Glyn,

Wayne Smith,

Catharina M. C. Mels,

Aletta E. Schutte

Publication year - 2014

Publication title -

south african medical journal

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.527

H-Index - 57

eISSN - 2078-5135

pISSN - 0256-9574

DOI - 10.7196/samj.7739

Subject(s) - medicine , blood pressure , cohort , anthropometry , population , risk factor , lipid profile , body mass index , cholesterol , environmental health

The prevalence of HIV is the highest in sub-Saharan Africa; South Africa (SA) is one of the most affected countries with the highest number of adults living with HIV infection in the world. Besides the traditional risk factors for cardiovascular disease (CVD) in the general population, in people living with HIV there are specific factors - chronic inflammation, metabolic changes associated with the infection, therapy, and lipodystrophy - that potentially increase the risk for developing CVD.

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