Increased coronary artery calcium score and noncalcified plaque among HIV-infected men: relationship to metabolic syndrome and cardiac risk parameters.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

In this study, the effects of traditional cardiac risk factors on coronary artery calcium (CAC) score and presence of plaque, including noncalcified plaque, measured by computed tomography coronary angiography, were compared among HIV-infected and non-HIV-infected subjects, with respect to the presence of the metabolic syndrome (MS).

Design and methods

HIV-infected men recruited for the presence of the MS (HIV + MS, n = 27) were compared with 2 control groups, HIV-infected men recruited without regard to metabolic criteria (HIV, n = 87), and HIV-negative control men (C, n = 40), also recruited without regard to any metabolic criterion.

Results

All 3 groups were similar in age, demographic parameters, and smoking. MS was seen in 100% of the HIV + MS group, co

SUBMITTER: Fitch KV 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2974783 | biostudies-literature | 2010 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature