Bilirubin Is Inversely Associated With Cardiovascular Disease Among <styled-content style="fixed-case">HIV</styled-content>‐Positive and <styled-content style="fixed-case">HIV</styled-content>‐Negative Individuals in <styled-content style="fixed-case">VACS</styled-content> (Veterans Aging Cohort Study)

Bilirubin Is Inversely Associated With Cardiovascular Disease Among <styled-content style="fixed-case">HIV</styled-content>‐Positive and <styled-content style="fixed-case">HIV</styled-content>‐Negative Individuals in <styled-content style="fixed-case">VACS</styled-content> (Veterans Aging Cohort Study)

BackgroundBilirubin may protect against cardiovascular disease (CVD) by reducing oxidative stress. Whether elevated bilirubin reduces the risk of CVD events among HIV+ individuals and if this differs from uninfected individuals remain unclear. We assessed whether bilirubin independently predicted th...

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Main Authors: Vincent C. Marconi, Meredith S. Duncan, Kaku So‐Armah, Vincent Lo Re, Joseph K. Lim, Adeel A. Butt, Matthew Bidwell Goetz, Maria C. Rodriguez‐Barradas, Charles W. Alcorn, Jeffrey Lennox, Joshua A. Beckman, Amy Justice, Matthew Freiberg
Format: article
Language:EN
Published: Wiley 2018
Subjects:
cardiovascular disease
bilirubin
HIV
stroke
myocardial infarction
heart failure
Diseases of the circulatory (Cardiovascular) system
RC666-701
Online Access:https://doaj.org/article/620133d24eb4449aaee37cccc94b2059
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