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ArticleClinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America2020

Endothelial Dysfunction in South African Youth Living With Perinatally Acquired Human Immunodeficiency Virus on Antiretroviral Therapy.

Sana Mahtab, Heather J Zar, Ntobeko A B Ntusi, Susan Joubert, Nana Akua A Asafu-Agyei, Norme J Luff, Nomawethu Jele, Liesl Zuhlke, Landon Myer, Jennifer Jao

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Article in Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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10 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

Sana MahtabDepartment of Pediatrics and Child Health, Red Cross War Memorial Hospital, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa.
Heather J ZarDepartment of Pediatrics and Child Health, Red Cross War Memorial Hospital, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa.
Ntobeko A B NtusiDivision of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Groote Schuur Hospital and Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa.
Susan JoubertDepartment of Pediatrics and Child Health, Red Cross War Memorial Hospital, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa.
Nana Akua A Asafu-AgyeiDepartment of Pediatrics and Child Health, Red Cross War Memorial Hospital, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa.
Norme J LuffDepartment of Pediatrics and Child Health, Red Cross War Memorial Hospital, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa.
Nomawethu JeleDepartment of Pediatrics and Child Health, Red Cross War Memorial Hospital, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa.
Liesl ZuhlkeDivision of Pediatric Cardiology, Red Cross War Memorial Children's Hospital, Rondebosch, Cape Town, South Africa.
Landon MyerDivision of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health and Family Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa.
Jennifer JaoDepartment of Pediatrics, Division of Infectious Diseases, Northwestern Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
University of Cape Town · ZARed Cross War Memorial Children's Hospital · ZAGroote Schuur Hospital · ZANorthwestern University · US

Funding

Cape Town Adolescent Antiretroviral Cohort (CTAAC)R01HD074051 · NICHD · UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN · PI ZAR, HEATHER JOY · 2012 to 2016
$3.0M
Medical Research Council MR/S005242/1NICHD NIH HHS R01 HD074051
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundHuman immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and antiretroviral therapy (ART) confer cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk in adults with HIV. Few studies have assessed endothelial dysfunction (ED), an early marker of subclinical CVD risk, in youth living with perinatally acquired HIV (YLPHIV).

methodsUsing peripheral arterial tonometry, we compared ED in YLPHIV and age-matched youth without HIV. A reactive hyperemic index ≤1.35 was defined as ED. Eligible participants included those aged 9-14 years and on ART ≥6 months at enrollment.

resultsOverall, 431 YLPHIV and 93 youth without HIV with a median age of 14.1 versus 13.9 years, respectively, were included. YLPHIV had a lower BMI z score (BMIZ; -0.2 vs 0.4; P < .01) but higher rates of hypercholesterolemia (10% vs 1%; P = .01) than youth without HIV. Among YLPHIV, mean log viral load (VL) was 4.83 copies/mL with 21.7% having a CD4 count <500 cell/mm3; median duration on ART was 9.8 years with 38% initiating at <2 years of age. YLPHIV had higher rates of ED than youth without HIV (50% vs 34%; P = .01); this relationship persisted after adjusting for age, sex, BMIZ, elevated BP, and hypercholesterolemia (RR, 1.43; P = .02). Among YLPHIV, CD4 count >500 cell/mm3 (RR, 1.04; P = .76), VL (RR, 1.01; P = .78), and current ART class (protease inhibitor based vs nonnucleoside inhibitor based: relative risk, 0.90; P = .186) were not associated with ED after adjustment.

conclusionsEven after adjusting for physiologic differences, YLPHIV appear to be at increased risk of ED compared with age-matched youth without HIV. These findings have important implications for the life course of YLPHIV who may be at increased risk of premature CVD and complications.

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HIV InfectionsAdolescentAdultAnti-Retroviral AgentsCD4 Lymphocyte CountChildHIVHumansViral LoadAnti-Retroviral AgentsARTcardiovascular diseaseendothelial functionHIVperinatally infected

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PMID32285090
PMCPMC7744981
OpenAlexW3016032361

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