2021
Depression as a Risk Factor for Incident Ischemic Stroke Among HIV‐Positive Veterans in the Veterans Aging Cohort Study
Sico JJ, Kundu S, So‐Armah K, Gupta SK, Chang C, Butt AA, Gibert CL, Marconi VC, Crystal S, Tindle HA, Freiberg MS, Stewart JC. Depression as a Risk Factor for Incident Ischemic Stroke Among HIV‐Positive Veterans in the Veterans Aging Cohort Study. Journal Of The American Heart Association 2021, 10: e017637. PMID: 34169726, PMCID: PMC8403311, DOI: 10.1161/jaha.119.017637.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHIV-positive peopleBaseline antidepressant useCerebrovascular risk factorsRisk of strokeRisk factorsAlcohol use disorderStroke riskAntidepressant useUse disordersCocaine useSociodemographic characteristicsTraditional cerebrovascular risk factorsVeterans Aging Cohort StudyCox proportional hazards modelBackground HIV infectionHIV-specific factorsIndividual antiretroviral agentsAntiretroviral therapy useBaseline cardiovascular diseaseIndependent risk factorAging Cohort StudyIschemic stroke riskHIV-positive veteransProportional hazards modelUninfected veterans
2013
HIV Infection and the Risk of Acute Myocardial Infarction
Freiberg MS, Chang CC, Kuller LH, Skanderson M, Lowy E, Kraemer KL, Butt AA, Goetz M, Leaf D, Oursler KA, Rimland D, Barradas M, Brown S, Gibert C, McGinnis K, Crothers K, Sico J, Crane H, Warner A, Gottlieb S, Gottdiener J, Tracy RP, Budoff M, Watson C, Armah KA, Doebler D, Bryant K, Justice AC. HIV Infection and the Risk of Acute Myocardial Infarction. JAMA Internal Medicine 2013, 173: 614-622. PMID: 23459863, PMCID: PMC4766798, DOI: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2013.3728.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHuman immunodeficiency virusAcute myocardial infarctionRisk of AMIFramingham risk factorsUninfected veteransRisk factorsMyocardial infarctionAMI eventsHIV statusVeterans Aging Cohort Study Virtual CohortHIV-1 RNA levelsStandard Framingham risk factorsIncident acute myocardial infarctionIncidence of AMISubstance useBaseline cardiovascular diseaseCD4 cell countHepatitis C infectionBody mass indexHIV-1 RNACopies/mLHIV-positive veteransTime-updated analysisDecade of ageRace/ethnicity