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Prehypertension, hypertension, and the risk of acute myocardial infarction in HIV-infected and -uninfected veterans.

TitlePrehypertension, hypertension, and the risk of acute myocardial infarction in HIV-infected and -uninfected veterans.
Publication TypeJournal Article
Year of Publication2014
AuthorsArmah, Kaku A., Chung-Chou H. Chang, Jason V. Baker, Vasan S. Ramachandran, Matthew J. Budoff, Heidi M. Crane, Cynthia L. Gibert, Matthew B. Goetz, David A. Leaf, Kathleen A. McGinnis, Krisann K. Oursler, David Rimland, Maria C. Rodriguez-Barradas, Jason J. Sico, Alberta L. Warner, Priscilla Y. Hsue, Lewis H. Kuller, Amy C. Justice, and Matthew S. Freiberg
Corporate AuthorsVeterans Aging Cohort Study(VACS) Project Team
JournalClinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America
Volume58
Issue1
Pagination121-9
Date Published2014 Jan
ISSN1537-6591
KeywordsCohort Studies, Female, HIV Infections, Humans, Hypertension, Longitudinal Studies, Male, Middle Aged, Myocardial Infarction, Prehypertension, Prospective Studies, Risk Assessment, Veterans
AbstractCompared to uninfected people, human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected individuals may have an increased risk of acute myocardial infarction (AMI). Currently, HIV-infected people are treated to the same blood pressure (BP) goals (<140/90 or <130/80 mm Hg) as their uninfected counterparts. Whether HIV-infected people with elevated BP have excess AMI risk compared to uninfected people is not known. This study examines whether the association between elevated BP and AMI risk differs by HIV status.
DOI10.1093/cid/cit652
Alternate JournalClin. Infect. Dis.

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