Patterns of Cardiovascular Mortality for HIV-Infected Adults in the United States: 1999 to 2013.

ABSTRACT: With widespread availability and the use of antiretroviral therapy, patients with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) in the United States are living long enough to experience non-AIDS-defining illnesses. HIV is associated with an increased risk for cardiovascular disease (CVD) because of traditional CVD risk factors, residual virally mediated inflammation despite HIV treatment, and side effects of antiretroviral therapy. No United States population-wide studies have evaluated patterns of CVD mortality for HIV-infected subjects. Our central hypothesis was that the proportionate mortality from CVD (CVD mortality/total mortality) in the HIV-infected population increased from 1999 to 2013. We used the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Wide-Ranging Online Data for Epidemiologic Researc

SUBMITTER: Feinstein MJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5308060 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature