A tale of 2 epidemics: The intersection between obesity and HIV infection in Philadelphia

Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 557-561

  Amorosa, Valerianna ^a   Synnestvedt, Marie ^a   Gross, Robert ^a   Friedman, Harvey ^a   MacGregor, Rob Roy ^a   Gudonis, Debie ^a   Frank, Ian ^a   Tebas, Pablo ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

HIV; Metabolic syndrome; Obesity; Overweight

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT; CD4 ANTIGEN; CHOLESTEROL; GLUCOSE; PROTEINASE INHIBITOR; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CIGARETTE SMOKING; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METABOLIC PARAMETERS; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS LOAD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; ANTI-HIV AGENTS; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; ODDS RATIO; PHILADELPHIA; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SMOKING;

EID: 23244443465     PISSN: 15254135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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