Open AccessThe Association Between Weight Gain, Sex, and Immune Activation Following the Initiation of Antiretroviral Therapy
Author(s) -
Sara H Bares,
Laura Smeaton,
Sarah Scott,
Beth A. Smith,
Catherine Godfrey,
Grace A. McComsey
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
the journal of infectious diseases (online. university of chicago press)/the journal of infectious diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.69
H-Index - 252
eISSN - 1537-6613
pISSN - 0022-1899
DOI - 10.1093/infdis/jiab210
Subject(s) - weight gain , immune system , medicine , antiretroviral therapy , weight loss , inflammation , immunology , biomarker , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , physiology , body weight , viral load , obesity , biology , biochemistry
Immune activation persists despite suppressive antiretroviral therapy (ART) and may be affected by sex or body composition. We explored these relationships in a subset of participants who initiated ART in two large randomized trials.