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ArticleNutrients2019

Relationships between Atherosclerosis and Plasma Antioxidant Micronutrients or Red Blood Cell Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids in People Living with HIV.

Katherine J P Schwenger, Bianca M Arendt, Marek Smieja, David W L Ma, Fiona Smaill, Johane P Allard

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Article in Nutrients, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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6 citing papers in PubMed, 9 citations in OpenAlex.

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  4. Vitamin C Urinary Loss and Deficiency in Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV): Cross-sectional Study of Vitamin C Renal Leak in Women With HIV.Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America · 2023
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Katherine J P SchwengerDepartment of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON M5S 1A1, Canada. kschweng@uhnresearch.ca.ORCID 0000-0002-7146-5505
Bianca M ArendtToronto General Hospital, University Health Network, Toronto, ON M5G 2N2, Canada. bianca.arendt@gmail.com.
Marek SmiejaDepartment of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Health Research Methods, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON L8S 4L8, Canada. smiejam@mcmaster.ca.
David W L MaDepartment of Human Health and Nutritional Sciences, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON N1G 2W1, Canada. davidma@uoguelph.ca.ORCID 0000-0002-1165-5972
Fiona SmaillDepartment of Pathology and Molecular Medicine, McMaster University Faculty of Health Sciences, Hamilton, ON L8S 4L8, Canada. smaill@HHSC.CA.
Johane P AllardDepartment of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON M5S 1A1, Canada. Johane.allard@uhn.on.ca.
University Health Network · CAMcMaster University · CAUniversity of Guelph · CA

Funding

Canadian Institutes of Health Research N/AOntario HIV Treatment Network N/A
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundPeople living with human immunodeficiency virus infection and acquired immune deficiency syndrome (HIV/AIDS) (PLWH) are at an increased risk of cardiovascular disease. Diet-related factors may contribute. The aim of this pilot study was to determine, in PLWH, the relationship between atherosclerosis assessed by carotid intima-media thickness (CIMT) and (A) plasma antioxidant micronutrients and oxidative stress or (B) red blood cell polyunsaturated fatty acids (RBC PUFA), particularly long chain omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids (n-3 PUFA).

methods(A) In a cross-sectional study, subjects had CIMT evaluated by high resolution carotid artery ultrasound. Plasma was collected for vitamin C, measured by spectrophotometry; and alpha- and gamma-tocopherol, retinol, and malondialdehyde-a marker of oxidative stress-using high pressure liquid chromatography and fluorescence spectrophotometry. (B) In a prospective cohort study, other subjects had RBC PUFA measured at baseline, using gas chromatography, and CIMT assessed at baseline and repeated after 2 years. Clinical data was also collected.

results(A) 91 PLWH participated. Only alpha- and gamma-tocopherol levels were positively correlated with CIMT. In a multivariate analysis, age and systolic blood pressure were significantly associated with CIMT with gamma-tocopherol near significance (

conclusionIn addition to age and systolic blood pressure, atherosclerosis assessed by CIMT might be associated with higher serum gamma-tocopherol levels. There was a non-significant association between CIMT and RBC n-3 PUFA or the ratio of n-3 to n-6 PUFA.

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Oxidative StressAdultalpha-TocopherolAntioxidantsArachidonic AcidAtherosclerosisBlood PressureCarotid Intima-Media ThicknessCross-Sectional StudiesDocosahexaenoic AcidsErythrocytesFatty Acids, UnsaturatedFemalegamma-TocopherolHIV InfectionsHumansalpha-TocopherolAntioxidantsArachidonic AcidDocosahexaenoic AcidsFatty Acids, Unsaturatedgamma-TocopherolMalondialdehydeMicronutrientsatherosclerosisHIVoxidative stresspolyunsaturated fatty acids

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PMID31181624
PMCPMC6628155
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