2021
Association of Syndemic Unhealthy Alcohol Use, Smoking, and Depressive Symptoms on Incident Cardiovascular Disease among Veterans With and Without HIV-Infection
Chichetto NE, Kundu S, Freiberg MS, Koethe JR, Butt AA, Crystal S, So-Armah KA, Cook RL, Braithwaite RS, Justice AC, Fiellin DA, Khan M, Bryant KJ, Gaither JR, Barve SS, Crothers K, Bedimo RJ, Warner A, Tindle HA. Association of Syndemic Unhealthy Alcohol Use, Smoking, and Depressive Symptoms on Incident Cardiovascular Disease among Veterans With and Without HIV-Infection. AIDS And Behavior 2021, 25: 2852-2862. PMID: 34101074, PMCID: PMC8376776, DOI: 10.1007/s10461-021-03327-4.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsIncident cardiovascular diseaseUnhealthy alcohol useCardiovascular diseaseDepressive symptomsCVD riskHIV statusAlcohol useMultivariable Cox proportional hazards regressionCases of CVDCox proportional hazards regressionCVD-free participantsHIV-negative veteransProportional hazards regressionHIV-negativeHIV infectionHazards regressionSyndemic conditionsExcess riskRisk factorsDiagnostic codesHigh prevalenceObservational studyBaseline numberGreater riskSmoking
2014
HIV Infection and Cardiovascular Disease in Women
Womack JA, Chang C, So‐Armah K, Alcorn C, Baker JV, Brown ST, Budoff M, Butt AA, Gibert C, Goetz MB, Gottdiener J, Gottlieb S, Justice AC, Leaf D, McGinnis K, Rimland D, Rodriguez‐Barradas M, Sico J, Skanderson M, Tindle H, Tracy RP, Warner A, Freiberg MS. HIV Infection and Cardiovascular Disease in Women. Journal Of The American Heart Association 2014, 3: e001035. PMID: 25324353, PMCID: PMC4323817, DOI: 10.1161/jaha.114.001035.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdultAge DistributionAgedCardiovascular DiseasesCase-Control StudiesComorbidityConfidence IntervalsFemaleHIV InfectionsHumansLongitudinal StudiesMiddle AgedPrevalenceProportional Hazards ModelsProspective StudiesRisk AssessmentSeverity of Illness IndexSurvival AnalysisUnited StatesUser-Computer InterfaceVeteransConceptsRisk of CVDCVD eventsCardiovascular diseaseHIV infectionVeterans Aging Cohort StudyCox proportional hazards modelHIV uninfected womenIncident CVD eventsIncident cardiovascular diseaseIndependent risk factorAging Cohort StudyClinical Modification codesFirst clinical encounterDeath certificate dataProportional hazards modelSubstance use/abuseUse/abuseRace/ethnicityUninfected womenHepatitis CHIV- womenLast followCohort studyIschemic strokeUnstable angina