Journal
BMC INFECTIOUS DISEASES
Volume 20, Issue 1, Pages -Publisher
BMC
DOI: 10.1186/s12879-020-05173-6
Keywords
HIV; Antiretroviral therapy; Cardiovascular risk markers; Endothelial function; Vascular function; African ancestry; South Africa
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Funding
- Department of Science and Innovation in South Africa [DST/CON 0077/2014]
- South African National Research Foundation [SARChI GUN 86895]
- South African Medical Research Council
- Belgian Science Policy in Belgium [BL/67/eranet03]
- Osterreichische Agentur fur internationale Mobilitat und Kooperation in Bildung, Wissenschaft und Forschung, OeAD GmbH (OAD) in Austria [KEF-Projekt P202]
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Background People living with the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (PLHIV) have an increased susceptibility to develop non-communicable diseases such as cardiovascular disease (CVD). Infection with HIV contributes to the development of CVD independent of traditional risk factors, with endothelial dysfunction being the central physiological mechanism. While HIV-related mortality is declining due to antiretroviral treatment (ART), the number of deaths due to CVD is rising in South Africa - the country with the highest number of PLHIV and the world's largest ART programme. The EndoAfrica study was developed to determine whether HIV infection and ART are associated with cardiovascular risk markers and changes in vascular structure and function over 18 months in adults from different provinces of South Africa. This paper describes the rationale, methodology and baseline cohort profile of the EndoAfrica study conducted in the North West Province, South Africa. Methods In this case-control study, conducted between August 2017 and June 2018, 382 volunteers of African descent (276 women; 106 men), comprising of 278 HIV infected and 104 HIV free individuals were included. We measured health behaviours, a detailed cardiovascular profile, and performed biomarker analyses. We compared baseline characteristics, blood pressure, vascular function and biochemical markers between those infected and HIV free. Results At baseline, the HIV infected participants were older (43 vs 39 years), less were employed (21% vs 40%), less had a tertiary education (7% vs 16%) and their body mass index was lower (26 vs 29 kg/m(2)) than that of the HIV free participants. While the cardiovascular profile, flow-mediated dilation and pulse wave velocity did not differ, glycated haemoglobin was lower (p = 0.017) and total cholesterol, high density lipoprotein cholesterol, triglycerides, gamma-glutamyltransferase and tobacco use were higher (allp < 0.047) in PLHIV. Conclusion Despite PLHIV being older, preliminary cross-sectional analysis suggests that PLHIV being treated with ART do not have poorer endothelial or vascular function compared to the HIV free participants. More detailed analyses on the baseline and follow-up data will provide further clarity regarding the cardiovascular profile of South Africans living with HIV.
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