Lung and Heart Diseases Are Better Predicted by Pack-Years than by Smoking Status or Duration of Smoking Cessation in HIV Patients.

Lung and Heart Diseases Are Better Predicted by Pack-Years than by Smoking Status or Duration of Smoking Cessation in HIV Patients.

The objective of this study was to assess the relationship of pack-years smoking and time since smoking cessation with risk of lung and heart disease.We investigated the history of lung and heart disease in 903 HIV-infected patients who had undergone thoracic computed tomography (CT) imaging stratif...

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Main Authors: Giovanni Guaraldi, Paolo Raggi, André Gomes, Stefano Zona, Enrico Marchi, Antonella Santoro, Giulia Besutti, Riccardo Scaglioni, Guido Ligabue, Jonathon Leipsic, Paul Man, Don Sin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4674065?pdf=render

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