High burden of metabolic comorbidities in a citywide cohort of HIV outpatients: evolving health care needs of people aging with HIV in Washington, DC

ConclusionsThese findings underscore the pervasive burden of metabolic comorbidities among HIV‐infected persons, serve as the basis for future analyses characterizing their impact on subsequent adverse cardiovascular outcomes, and highlight the need for an increased focus on the prevention and control of comorbid complications in this population.

http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/resolve/doi?DOI=10.1111%2Fhiv.12516

Source: HIV Medicine - May 15, 2017 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: ME Levy, AE Greenberg, R Hart, L Powers Happ, C Hadigan, A Castel, Tags: Original Research Source Type: research