Open AccessDoes first line antiretroviral therapy increase the prevalence of cardiovascular risk factors in Indian patients?
Author(s) -
Ronald Albert Benton Carey,
Priscilla Rupali,
O C Abraham,
Deepthi Kattula
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
journal of postgraduate medicine/journal of postgraduate medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.405
H-Index - 52
eISSN - 0972-2823
pISSN - 0022-3859
DOI - 10.4103/0022-3859.123145
Subject(s) - medicine , dyslipidemia , hypertriglyceridemia , lipodystrophy , cross sectional study , diabetes mellitus , obesity , antiretroviral therapy , viral load , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , immunology , triglyceride , endocrinology , cholesterol , pathology
Antiretroviral therapy (ART) is associated with a myriad of metabolic complications which are potential cardiovascular risk factors. Early detection of these risk factors could help in alleviating morbidity and mortality in human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infected patients on ART.