Association between changes in body fat distribution, biochemical profile, time of HIV diagnosis, and antiretroviral treatment in adults living with and without virus infection.
Lismeia Raimundo SoaresGabriella Coelho MenezesAna Paula Menna BarretoMônica de Souza Lima Sant'AnnaNadir Machado Alves CardosoJorge Simão do Rosário CassebFernando Luiz Affonso FonsecaPublished in: Revista da Associacao Medica Brasileira (1992) (2020)
In this study, the negative cholesterol profile was mainly related to antiretroviral treatment time, even for patients without self-reported lipodystrophy, and changes in body fat distribution, measured by anthropometry, was especially associated with time for HIV infection in those with lipodystrophy self-reported.