Metabolic syndrome in HIV-infected patients receiving antiretroviral therapy in Latin America

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, cardiovascul...

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Main Authors: C Alvarez, R Salazar, J Galindez, F Rangel, ML Castañeda, G Lopardo, CA Cuhna, Y Roldan, O Sussman, G Gutierrez, N Cure-Bolt, C Seas, C Carcamo, M Castrillo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier
Series:Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
HIV
ART
Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1413-86702010000300010&lng=en&tlng=en