Ectopic fat is linked to prior cardiovascular events in men with HIV

Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes

Volumn 59, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 494-497

  Gabriella, Orlando ^a   Giovanni, Guaraldi ^a   Stefano, Zona ^a   Federica, Carli ^a   Pietro, Bagni ^a   Marianna, Menozzi ^a   Stefania, Cocchi ^a   Riccardo, Scaglioni ^a   Guido, Ligabue ^a   Paolo, Raggi ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular disease; Ectopic fat measurements; HIV

Indexed keywords

APOLIPOPROTEIN A; APOLIPOPROTEIN B;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; ANGIOPLASTY; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EPICARDIAL ADIPOSE TISSUE; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INTRAABDOMINAL FAT; LIPID STORAGE; LIPOATROPHY; LIVER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING; SPLEEN; STROKE; VIRUS LOAD; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV-ASSOCIATED LIPODYSTROPHY SYNDROME; HUMANS; INTRA-ABDOMINAL FAT; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

EID: 84859781766     PISSN: 15254135     EISSN: 10779450     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/QAI.0b013e31824c8397     Document Type: Article

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