2020
Receipt and predictors of smoking cessation pharmacotherapy among veterans with and without HIV
Shahrir S, Crothers K, McGinnis KA, Chan KCG, Baeten JM, Wilson SM, Butt AA, Pisani MA, Baldassarri SR, Justice A, Williams EC. Receipt and predictors of smoking cessation pharmacotherapy among veterans with and without HIV. Progress In Cardiovascular Diseases 2020, 63: 118-124. PMID: 31987807, PMCID: PMC7251937, DOI: 10.1016/j.pcad.2020.01.003.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAgedAnti-HIV AgentsCardiovascular DiseasesFemaleHealth StatusHIV InfectionsHIV Long-Term SurvivorsHumansLongitudinal StudiesMaleMiddle AgedPreventive Health ServicesProspective StudiesProtective FactorsRisk AssessmentRisk FactorsRisk Reduction BehaviorSmokersSmokingSmoking CessationSmoking Cessation AgentsTime FactorsTreatment OutcomeUnited StatesVeterans HealthViral LoadConceptsNicotine replacement therapyVeterans Aging Cohort StudyMultivariable log-linear regression modelsPotential treatment disparitiesSmoking cessation pharmacotherapyPatient-level factorsAging Cohort StudyMental health disordersRates of receiptUninfected participantsUninfected patientsCardiovascular riskCessation pharmacotherapyCohort studyCurrent smokingHIV statusMultivariable analysisTreatment disparitiesReplacement therapyRelative riskHealth disordersPharmacotherapyPLWHSmokingHIV
2018
Bilirubin Is Inversely Associated With Cardiovascular Disease Among HIV‐Positive and HIV‐Negative Individuals in VACS (Veterans Aging Cohort Study)
Marconi VC, Duncan MS, So‐Armah K, Re VL, Lim JK, Butt AA, Goetz MB, Rodriguez‐Barradas M, Alcorn CW, Lennox J, Beckman JA, Justice A, Freiberg M. Bilirubin Is Inversely Associated With Cardiovascular Disease Among HIV‐Positive and HIV‐Negative Individuals in VACS (Veterans Aging Cohort Study). Journal Of The American Heart Association 2018, 7: e007792. PMID: 29720501, PMCID: PMC6015337, DOI: 10.1161/jaha.117.007792.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAcute myocardial infarctionTotal cardiovascular diseaseIschemic stroke eventsCardiovascular diseaseCVD eventsHeart failureMyocardial infarctionTotal bilirubinElevated bilirubinStroke eventsRisk factorsIncident total CVDBaseline total bilirubinBaseline cardiovascular diseaseIncident CVD eventsHIV-negative individualsProspective cohort studyElevated bilirubin levelsMultiple risk factorsCohort studyCVD riskHazard ratioIschemic strokeHIV-positiveBilirubin levels