Metabolic Complications of HIV and Antiretroviral Therapy: Dyslipidemia, Insulin Resistance, and Cardiovascular Disease
Summary
- Optimal prevention of CVD in patients with HIV includes attention to risk factors such as tobacco use, hyperlipidemia, hypertension, glucose abnormalities, obesity, family history of CVD, and metabolic syndrome
- Patients should be educated about CVD risks using interventions directed at those factors that are modifiable and with referral to dietary support and exercise programs as needed
- Smoking is a critical modifiable risk factor that should be addressed in patients with HIV[Petoumenos 2011]
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