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Saumoy M, Di Yacovo S, Pérez S, Sánchez-Quesada JL, Valdivielso JM, Subirana I, Imaz A, Tiraboschi JM, García B, Ordoñez-LLanos J, Benítez S, Podzamczer D, Grau M. Carotid atherosclerosis in virologically suppressed HIV patients: comparison with a healthy sample and prediction by cardiovascular risk equations. HIV Med 2021; 22:581-591. [PMID: 33817938 DOI: 10.1111/hiv.13093] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/07/2020] [Revised: 01/04/2021] [Accepted: 01/28/2021] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
Abstract
OBJECTIVES To compare the prevalence of carotid atherosclerosis in virologically suppressed HIV patients with that of a community sample, and to evaluate the capacity of various cardiovascular risk (CVR) equations for predicting carotid atherosclerosis. METHODS This was a cross-sectional study with two randomly selected groups: HIV patients from an HIV unit and a control group drawn from the community. Participants were matched by age (30-80 years) and sex without history of cardiovascular disease. Carotid plaque, common carotid intima-media thickness (cc-IMT) and subclinical atherosclerosis (carotid plaque and/or cc-IMT > 75th percentile) were assessed by carotid ultrasound. The Systematic Coronary Risk Evaluation (SCORE), Framingham, REGICOR, reduced Data Collection on Adverse Effects of Anti-HIV Drugs (D:A:D), and COMVIH equations were applied, and their abilities to predict carotid plaque were compared using the area under the curve (AUC). RESULTS Each group included 379 subjects (77.8% men, age 49.7 years). Duration of antiretroviral therapy was 15.5 years. There were no differences between the groups for carotid plaque (HIV, 33.2%; control, 31.3%), mean cc-IMT (HIV, 0.63 mm; control, 0.61 mm) or subclinical atherosclerosis (HIV, 42.9%; control, 47.9%). Thymidine analogues were independently associated with subclinical atherosclerosis in HIV-infected patients. CVR equations revealed AUCs between 0.715 and 0.807 for prediction of carotid plaque; prediction was better in the control group and did not improve when HIV-adapted scales were used. CONCLUSIONS The features of carotid atherosclerosis did not differ between the HIV-infected and the control group, although CVR equations were more predictive for carotid plaque in controls than in HIV-infected patients. HIV-specific equations did not improve prediction.
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Affiliation(s)
- M Saumoy
- HIV and STD Unit, Infectious Disease Department, Bellvitge University Hospital, Hospitalet de Llobregat, Spain.,Bellvitge Institute for Biomedical Research, Hospitalet de Llobregat, Spain
| | - S Di Yacovo
- HIV and STD Unit, Infectious Disease Department, Bellvitge University Hospital, Hospitalet de Llobregat, Spain.,Bellvitge Institute for Biomedical Research, Hospitalet de Llobregat, Spain
| | - S Pérez
- Hospital del Mar Institute for Medical Research (IMIM), Barcelona, Spain.,Consortium for Biomedical Research in Cardiovascular Diseases (CIBERCV), Barcelona, Spain
| | - J L Sánchez-Quesada
- Biomedical Research Institute IIB Sant Pau, Barcelona, Spain.,Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Department, Universitat Autònoma, Barcelona, Spain
| | - J M Valdivielso
- Biomedical Research Institute of Lleida, IRB, Vascular and Renal Translational Research Group, UDETMA, Lleida, Spain
| | - I Subirana
- Hospital del Mar Institute for Medical Research (IMIM), Barcelona, Spain.,Consortium for Biomedical Research in Epidemiology and Public Health (CIBERESP), Barcelona, Spain
| | - A Imaz
- HIV and STD Unit, Infectious Disease Department, Bellvitge University Hospital, Hospitalet de Llobregat, Spain.,Bellvitge Institute for Biomedical Research, Hospitalet de Llobregat, Spain
| | - J M Tiraboschi
- HIV and STD Unit, Infectious Disease Department, Bellvitge University Hospital, Hospitalet de Llobregat, Spain.,Bellvitge Institute for Biomedical Research, Hospitalet de Llobregat, Spain
| | - B García
- HIV and STD Unit, Infectious Disease Department, Bellvitge University Hospital, Hospitalet de Llobregat, Spain
| | - J Ordoñez-LLanos
- Biomedical Research Institute IIB Sant Pau, Barcelona, Spain.,Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Department, Universitat Autònoma, Barcelona, Spain
| | - S Benítez
- Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Department, Universitat Autònoma, Barcelona, Spain
| | - D Podzamczer
- HIV and STD Unit, Infectious Disease Department, Bellvitge University Hospital, Hospitalet de Llobregat, Spain.,Bellvitge Institute for Biomedical Research, Hospitalet de Llobregat, Spain
| | - M Grau
- Hospital del Mar Institute for Medical Research (IMIM), Barcelona, Spain.,Consortium for Biomedical Research in Epidemiology and Public Health (CIBERESP), Barcelona, Spain.,Department of Medicine, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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