Bilirubin Is Inversely Associated With Cardiovascular Disease Among HIV‐Positive and HIV‐Negative Individuals in VACS (Veterans Aging Cohort Study)

Bilirubin Is Inversely Associated With Cardiovascular Disease Among HIV‐Positive and HIV‐Negative Individuals in VACS (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:English
Published: Wiley 2018-05-01
Series:Journal of the American Heart Association: Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease
Subjects:
cardiovascular disease
bilirubin
HIV
stroke
myocardial infarction
heart failure
Online Access:https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/JAHA.117.007792

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