Viremia Does Not Independently Predict Cardiovascular Disease in People With HIV: A RESPOND Cohort Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

HIV viremia has been considered a cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk factor, but many studies have had insufficient data on potential confounders. We explored the association between viremia and CVD after adjusting for established risk factors and analyzed whether consideration of viremia would improve CVD prediction.

Methods

Adults from RESPOND were followed from the first date with available data until the first of rigorously defined CVD, loss to follow-up, death, or administrative censoring. We first analyzed the associations between 6 measures of viremia (time-updated, before antiretroviral therapy [ART], viremia category, and measures of cumulative viremia) and CVD after adjusting for the variables in the D:A:D CVD score (age, sex/gender, smoking, family histo

SUBMITTER: Elvstam O 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11786055 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature