Severity of cardiovascular disease outcomes among patients with HIV is related to markers of inflammation and coagulation.

ABSTRACT:

Background

In the general population, raised levels of inflammatory markers are stronger predictors of fatal than nonfatal cardiovascular disease (CVD) events. People with HIV have elevated levels of interleukin-6 (IL-6), high-sensitivity C-reactive protein (hsCRP), and D-dimer; HIV-induced activation of inflammatory and coagulation pathways may be responsible for their greater risk of CVD. Whether the enhanced inflammation and coagulation associated with HIV is associated with more fatal CVD events has not been investigated.

Methods and results

Biomarkers were measured at baseline for 9764 patients with HIV and no history of CVD. Of these patients, we focus on the 288 that experienced either a fatal (n=74) or nonfatal (n=214) CVD event over a median of 5 years. Odds ratios

SUBMITTER: Nordell AD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4309077 | biostudies-literature | 2014 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature