Pro-Inflammatory Markers in Relation to Cardiovascular Disease in HIV Infection. A Systematic Review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

In the past years many inflammatory markers have been studied in association with clinically manifest cardiovascular disease (CVD) and carotid intima-media thickness (CIMT) in HIV-infected patients, to obtain insights in the increased cardiovascular risk observed in HIV infection. This systematic review provides an oversight of the current knowledge.

Methods

A search was performed in PubMed, Embase and Cochrane in July 2014, identifying all articles from 1996 onwards addressing the relation between inflammatory markers and CVD or CIMT in HIV-positive adults. Two authors, using predefined criteria, independently conducted the selection of articles, critical appraisal and extraction of the data. Analysis was focused on the immune markers that were most frequently as

SUBMITTER: Vos AG 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4726827 | biostudies-literature | 2016

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature