Association of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection and Risk of Peripheral Artery Disease
Beckman JA, Duncan MS, Alcorn CW, So-Armah K, Butt AA, Goetz M, Tindle HA, Sico J, Tracy RP, Justice AC, Freiberg MS. Association of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection and Risk of Peripheral Artery Disease. Circulation 2018, 138: 255-265. PMID: 29535090, PMCID: PMC6050082, DOI: 10.1161/circulationaha.117.032647.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRisk of PADIncident PAD eventsPeripheral artery diseaseHuman immunodeficiency virusCD4 cell countTraditional atherosclerotic risk factorsPAD risk factorsAtherosclerotic risk factorsPAD eventsRisk factorsCell countUninfected veteransCD4 cellsArtery diseaseHIV infectionHIV statusViral loadCells/Peripheral artery disease eventsPrior peripheral artery diseaseHuman immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infectionVeterans Aging Cohort StudyHIV-1 ribonucleic acidHIV infection statusHIV viral load