BACKGROUND Cardiovascular diseases (CVD) are a major cause of death in people with AIDS. Factors contributing to atherosclerosis include traditional risk factors, antiretrovirals and inflammatory factors related to HIV infection. This study set out to compare risk factors associated with subclinical atherosclerosis in individuals under and over 40 years of age. METHODS Case-control study with...

Brachial-ankle pulse wave velocity (baPWV) can be measured using a simple and highly reproducible method; therefore, measurement of this parameter is highly feasible in clinical practice. However, the clinical significance of baPWV measurement is not yet completely established. Several cross-sectional studies have suggested that baPWV measurement may be a useful screening test for subclinical a...

type 2 diabetes mellitus is associated with increased inflammation and accelerated atherosclerosis. the association of the pro-inflammatory and potentially pro-atherosclerotic molecule, pregnancy associated plasma protein-a (papp-a) with diabetes and vascular diseases remains to be further established. a total of 107 patients with type 2 diabetes and 101 healthy controls participated in this st...

Screening for subclinical atherosclerosis has been advocated for individuals at intermediate global risk for coronary heart disease (CHD). However, the distribution of subclinical atherosclerosis test values across CHD risk strata is unknown. We studied a stratified random sample of 292 participants (mean age 59.5 years, 50% women) from the offspring cohort of the Framingham Heart Study who wer...

OBJECTIVE Mechanisms and interactions among intravascular cells contributing to development of subclinical atherosclerosis are poorly understood. In women, both menopausal status and pregnancy history influence progression of atherosclerosis. This study examined activation and interactions among blood elements with subclinical atherosclerosis in menopausal women with known pregnancy histories. ...

OBJECTIVES To assess 1) the association of lipid oxidation biomarkers with 10-year coronary artery disease (CAD) events and subclinical atherosclerosis, and 2) the reclassification capacity of these biomarkers over Framingham-derived CAD risk functions, in a general population. METHODS Within the framework of the REGICOR study, 4782 individuals aged between 25 and 74 years were recruited in a...

AIMS The aim of the present study was to evaluate whether subclinical left ventricular (LV) systolic dysfunction is independently related to subclinical coronary atherosclerosis in type 2 diabetic patients and if it could provide incremental information over baseline characteristics to identify high-risk patients. METHODS AND RESULTS A total of 234 asymptomatic, type 2 diabetic patients witho...

Metabolic syndrome is clusters of dyslipidemia, obesity, hypertension, and diabetes mellitus. Its prevalence increases in autoimmune diseases as RA. risk for cardiovascular ischemic heart disease, subclinical atherosclerosis, it preferred to detect metabolic factors RA patients, decreases better controlling activity.