HIV is an independent predictor of aortic stiffness

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[32] Moyers B(2007)Current update on HIV-associated vascular disease and endothelial dysfunction World J Surg 31 632-643

[33] Wong JK(2005)Antiretroviral treatment reduces very-low-density lipoprotein and intermediate-density lipoprotein apolipoprotein B fractional catabolic rate in human immunodeficiency virus-infected patients with mild dyslipidemia J Clin Endocrinol Metab 90 755-760

[34] Havlir DV(2009)Increase in carotid artery intima-media thickness and arterial stiffness but improvement in several markers of endothelial function after initiation of antiretroviral therapy J Infect Dis 199 1186-1194

[35] Hsue PY(2002)Antiretroviral therapy reduces markers of endothelial and coagulation activation in patients infected with human immunodeficiency virus type 1 J Infect Dis 185 456-462

[36] Riddler SA(2006)Impact of metabolic syndrome on brachial-ankle pulse wave velocity in Japanese Hypertens Res 29 29-37

[37] Smit E(2005)Elevated C-reactive protein augments increased arterial stiffness in subjects with the metabolic syndrome Hypertension 45 997-1003

[38] Cole SR(2003)The metabolic syndrome: more than the sum of its parts? Circulation 108 1546-1551

[39] Li R(2008)Endothelial function in human immunodeficiency virus-infected antiretroviral-naive subjects before and after starting potent antiretroviral therapy: The ACTG (AIDS Clinical Trials Group) Study 5152s J Am Coll Cardiol 52 569-576

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[31] Vittinghoff E(1996)Aortic endothelium in HIV-1 infection: chronic injury, activation, and increased leukocyte adherence Am J Pathol 149 1887-1898

[32] Moyers B(2007)Current update on HIV-associated vascular disease and endothelial dysfunction World J Surg 31 632-643

[33] Wong JK(2005)Antiretroviral treatment reduces very-low-density lipoprotein and intermediate-density lipoprotein apolipoprotein B fractional catabolic rate in human immunodeficiency virus-infected patients with mild dyslipidemia J Clin Endocrinol Metab 90 755-760

[34] Havlir DV(2009)Increase in carotid artery intima-media thickness and arterial stiffness but improvement in several markers of endothelial function after initiation of antiretroviral therapy J Infect Dis 199 1186-1194

[35] Hsue PY(2002)Antiretroviral therapy reduces markers of endothelial and coagulation activation in patients infected with human immunodeficiency virus type 1 J Infect Dis 185 456-462

[36] Riddler SA(2006)Impact of metabolic syndrome on brachial-ankle pulse wave velocity in Japanese Hypertens Res 29 29-37

[37] Smit E(2005)Elevated C-reactive protein augments increased arterial stiffness in subjects with the metabolic syndrome Hypertension 45 997-1003

[38] Cole SR(2003)The metabolic syndrome: more than the sum of its parts? Circulation 108 1546-1551

[39] Li R(2008)Endothelial function in human immunodeficiency virus-infected antiretroviral-naive subjects before and after starting potent antiretroviral therapy: The ACTG (AIDS Clinical Trials Group) Study 5152s J Am Coll Cardiol 52 569-576

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