Detectable Viral Load Tied to Uptick in Heart Disease Risk in Youth With HIV
From Poz.com…
Among young people living with HIV, having a detectable viral load is associated with a slight increase in the risk of cardiovascular disease.
Sitaji Gurung, MD, PhD, MPH, of Hunter College at the City University of New York, presented findings from a study of HIV-positive youth 14 to 26 years old at the 2020 Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections in Boston last month.
The study relied on electronic health records from the Adolescent Medicine Trials Network 154 Cascade Monitoring, which derives its data from clinics across the United States that care for adolescents with HIV.