Open AccessContributions of HIV, hepatitis C virus, and traditional vascular risk factors to peripheral artery disease in women
Author(s) -
Emily R Cedarbaum,
Yifei Ma,
Rebecca Scherzer,
Jennifer Price,
Adaora A. Adimora,
Marcas M. Bamman,
Mardge H. Cohen,
Margaret A. Fischl,
Kunihiro Matsushita,
Igho Ofotokun,
Michael Plankey,
Eric C. Seaberg,
Michael T. Yin,
Carl Grünfeld,
Shant M. Vartanian,
Anjali Sharma,
Phyllis C. Tien
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.0000000000002319
Subject(s) - medicine , odds ratio , hepatitis c , hepatitis c virus , population , confidence interval , coinfection , cohort , multicenter aids cohort study , cohort study , surgery , immunology , viral disease , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , sida , virus , environmental health
HIV and hepatitis C virus (HCV) have been associated with cardiovascular disease (CVD), but it is unclear whether HIV and HCV are also associated with peripheral artery disease (PAD). We examined the association of HIV, HCV, and traditional CVD risk factors with PAD in the Women's Interagency HIV Study, a multicenter US cohort.