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| Alvarez,C; Salazar,R; Galindez,J; Rangel,F; Castañeda,ML; Lopardo,G; Cuhna,CA; Roldan,Y; Sussman,O; Gutierrez,G; Cure-Bolt,N; Seas,C; Carcamo,C; Castrillo,M. |
| OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the prevalence of and the associated factors for metabolic syndrome (MS) among Latin American HIV-infected patients receiving antiretroviral therapy (ART) using baseline data from the RAPID II study. METHODS: A longitudinal study to evaluate the metabolic profile, cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk and associated treatment practices to reduce this risk has been conducted in seven Latin American countries (the RAPID II study). Adult HIV patients with at least six months of RT were enrolled. MS was defined following ATP-III criteria. Demographic and anthropometric data, serum biochemical and clinical parameters were compared in patients with and without MS using bivariate and multivariate analysis. RESULTS: A total of 4,010 patients... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Metabolic syndrome (MS); HIV; ART; Latin America. |
| Ano: 2010 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1413-86702010000300010 |
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