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Ferraioli, Giovanna, Tinelli, Carmine, Maggi, Paolo, Gervasoni, Cristina, Grima, Pierfrancesco, Viskovic, Klaudija, Carerj, Scipione, Filice, Gaetano, Filice, Carlo, Fisher, Martin and and the Arterial Stiffness Evaluation in HIV-Infected Subjects S, (2011) Arterial stiffness evaluation in HIV-positive patients: a multicenter matched control study. American Journal of Roentgenology, 197 (5). pp. 1258-1262. ISSN 1546-3141
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OBJECTIVE
The purpose of this article is to assess the differences, if any, in the values of carotid artery stiffness parameters between HIV-infected subjects without known cardiovascular disease (CVD) or carotid artery plaques and HIV-uninfected control subjects matched for sex, age, body mass index, and other CVD risk factors (i.e., hypertension, hypercholesterolemia, diabetes, and cigarette smoking). Arterial stiffness is emerging as a predictor of CVD risk. By recording the blood pressure, an automated echo-tracking system implemented in ultrasound equipment allows evaluation of arterial stiffness.
SUBJECTS AND METHODS
Fifty-four HIV-infected patients without a history of CVD were closely matched for sex, age, body mass index, and CVD risk factors to 54 HIV-uninfected control subjects on an individual basis. Ultrasound studies of carotid artery stiffness parameters were performed using ultrasound equipment with a linear broadband high-frequency transducer. Carotid intima-media thickness was also measured. Repeatability between operators was assessed. Nonparametric Mann-Whitney U test, chi-square statistics, Fisher exact test, Pearson correlation coefficient, and intraclass correlation coefficient were used for statistical analysis. A p value less than 0.05 was considered statistically significant.
RESULTS
Except for arterial compliance in HIV-infected subjects, arterial stiffness parameters were correlated with age in both groups. Compared with matched control subjects, HIV-infected subjects showed lower arterial compliance parameter values (0.95 [interquartile range, 0.78-1.23] vs 0.76 [interquartile range, 0.62-1.00]; p = 0.0009), whereas other parameters were similar. Repeatability between operators was good.
CONCLUSION
HIV-infected subjects have an arterial compliance significantly lower than that of control subjects. The impairment of carotid artery distensibility may contribute to subclinical atherosclerosis.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Additional Information: | Martin Fisher is part of the Arterial Stiffness Evaluation in HIV-Infected Subjects Study Group and not one of the principal authors |
| Schools and Departments: | Brighton and Sussex Medical School > Brighton and Sussex Medical School |
| Subjects: | R Medicine > RA Public aspects of medicine > RA0421 Public health. Hygiene. Preventive Medicine > RA0643 Communicable diseases and public health > RA0644 Individual diseases or groups of diseases, A-Z > RA0644.A25 AIDS. HIV infections |
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| Depositing User: | Ellen Thomas |
| Date Deposited: | 23 Dec 2013 13:25 |
| Last Modified: | 23 Dec 2013 13:25 |
| URI: | http://srodev.sussex.ac.uk/id/eprint/47280 |