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ArticleArquivos brasileiros de cardiologia2020

Subclinical Carotid Atherosclerosis and Reduced DAD Score for Cardiovascular Risk Stratification in HIV-Positive Patients.

Achilles Gustavo Silva, Rafael Vieira Paulo, Mario León Silva-Vergara

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Article in Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Achilles Gustavo SilvaUniversidade Federal do Triangulo Mineiro, Uberaba, MG - Brazil.ORCID 0000-0003-1546-7845
Rafael Vieira PauloUniversidade Federal do Triangulo Mineiro, Uberaba, MG - Brazil.ORCID 0000-0001-7234-4492
Mario León Silva-VergaraUniversidade Federal do Triangulo Mineiro, Uberaba, MG - Brazil.
Universidade Federal do Triângulo Mineiro · BR

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundHIV-positive patients are twice as likely than the general population to have a heart attack and are four times at greater risk of sudden death. In addition to the increased risk, these individuals present with cardiovascular events on average approximately 10 years earlier than the general population.

objectiveTo compare Framingham and reduced DAD (Data Collection on Adverse Effects of Anti-HIV Drugs Cohort) scores for cardiovascular risk assessment in HIV-positive patients and potential impact on clinical decision after evaluation of subclinical carotid atherosclerosis.

methodsSeventy-one HIV-positive patients with no history of cardiovascular disease were clinically evaluated, stratified by the Framingham 2008 and reduced DAD scores and submitted to subclinical carotid atherosclerosis evaluation. Agreement between scores was assessed by Kappa index and p < 0.05 was considered statistically significant.

resultsmean age was 47.2 and 53.5% among males. The rate of subclinical atherosclerosis was 39.4%. Agreement between scores was 49% with Kappa of 0.735 in high-risk patients. There was no significant difference between scores by ROC curve discrimination analysis. Among patients with intermediate risk and Framingham and reduced DAD scores, 62.5% and 30.8% had carotid atherosclerosis, respectively.

conclusionThe present study showed a correlation between the scores and medium-intimal thickening, besides a high correlation between patients classified as high risk by the Framingham 2008 and reduced DAD scores. The high prevalence of carotid atherosclerosis in intermediate risk patients suggests that most of them could be reclassified as high risk.

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AdultCarotid Artery DiseasesCarotid Intima-Media ThicknessFemaleHIV InfectionsHumansMaleMiddle AgedRisk AssessmentRisk FactorsROC Curve

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