Open AccessExcess heart age in adult outpatients in routine HIV care
Author(s) -
Angela M. ThompsonPaul,
Frank J. Palella,
Nabil Rayeed,
Matthew D. Ritchey,
Kenneth A. Lichtenstein,
Deesha A. Patel,
Quanhe Yang,
Cathleen Gillespie,
Fleetwood Loustalot,
Pragna Patel,
Kate Buchacz
Publication year - 2019
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.0000000000002304
Subject(s) - medicine , framingham heart study , confidence interval , framingham risk score , demography , heart disease , gerontology , pediatrics , disease , sociology
Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is a common cause of morbidity and mortality among persons living with HIV (PLWH). We used individual cardiovascular risk factor profiles to estimate heart age for PLWH in medical care in the United States.