Open AccessIncreased trunk fat along with decreased peripheral fat as an important predictor of hypertriglyceridaemia & hypercholesterolaemia in Indians with HIV infection
Author(s) -
Deep Dutta,
Meha Sharma,
Atul Anand,
Umesh Chandra Garga,
Rahul Bansal,
Neera Sharma
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
indian journal of medical research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.578
H-Index - 87
ISSN - 0971-5916
DOI - 10.4103/ijmr.ijmr_236_17
Subject(s) - medicine , trunk , gastroenterology , metabolic syndrome , cholesterol , lipoatrophy , quartile , body mass index , insulin resistance , stavudine , logistic regression , lipid profile , endocrinology , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , insulin , biology , obesity , confidence interval , viral load , immunology , antiretroviral therapy , ecology
Dyslipidaemia is a major contributor to cardiovascular morbidity, which is increased in HIV. Data on dyslipidaemia in Indians with HIV are scant. This study was undertaken to determine the predictors of dyslipidaemia and lipoatrophy in Indians with HIV infection and their relation with body composition parameters.