Open AccessMarkers of inflammation and activation of coagulation are associated with anaemia in antiretroviral-treated HIV disease
Author(s) -
Álvaro H. Borges,
Jeffrey I. Weitz,
Gary Collins,
Jason V. Baker,
Yves Lévy,
Richard T. Davey,
Andrew Phillips,
James D. Neaton,
Jens D. Lundgren,
Steven G. Deeks
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.0000000000000344
Subject(s) - medicine , gastroenterology , mean corpuscular volume , c reactive protein , tuberculosis , zidovudine , immunology , inflammation , hematocrit , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , pathology , viral disease
The objective of this study is to determine the relationship between inflammatory interleukin-6 (IL-6) and high-sensitivity C-reactive protein (hsCRP)] and coagulation (D-dimer) biomarkers and the presence and type of anaemia among HIV-positive individuals.