Cardiovascular risk factors in HIV infected individuals: Comparison with general adult control population in Greece.
Giota TouloumiNatasa KalpourtziVasileios PapastamopoulosVasilios PaparizosGeorgios AdamisAnastasia AntoniadouMaria ChiniArgiro KarakostaKonstantinos MakrilakisMagda GavanaApostolos VantarakisMina PsichogiouSimeon MetallidisNikolaos V SipsasHelen SambatakouChristos HadjichristodoulouParaskevi V VoulgariGeorge ChrysosCharalambos GogosGrigoris ChlouverakisGrigoris TripsianisYannis AlamanosGeorge Stergiounull nullPublished in: PloS one (2020)
Despite the relative absence of obesity, PLHIV have higher prevalence of traditional CVD risk factors and higher risk of fatal CVD compared to general population. Regular screening and early management of CVD risk factors in PLHIV should be of high priority for CVD prevention.