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STROKE INCIDENCE HIGHEST IN WOMEN AND BLACK
HIV-INFECTED PARTICIPANTS IN ALLRT COHORT
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....detectable viral load increased risk for stroke, as well as CD4<200, as well as vascular risk factors: hypertension, elevated LDL cholesterol .... ....and Dr Berenguer reports HCV coinfection drives increasing stroke rates in Spain
Reported by Jules Levin
CROI 2016 Feb 22-24 Boston
Felicia C. Chow1, Michael R. Wilson1, Kunling Wu2, Ron
Ellis3, Ronald Bosch2, Benjamin Linas4
1University of California, San Francisco, Department of Neurology
2Center for Biostatistics in AIDS Research, Department of Biostatistics, Harvard
School of Public Health
3University of California, San Diego, Department of Neurology
4Boston University School of Medicine, Department of Medicine
WEBCAST of Dr Chow's talk in Themed Discussion: http://www.croiwebcasts.org/console/player/29635?mediaType=audio&......HIV has been previously reported as an independent risk factor for ischemic stroke, increased risk of 21% in HIV+ and increased risk driven by women, in this new analysis after adjustments risk for almost 2-fold increased for HIV+ women. Then Dr Juan Berenguer presented his data on patients in Spain, of note he reports stroke rates going down among HIV+ BUT stroke rates going up among HCV/HIV coinfected patients!
http://www.croiwebcasts.org/console/player/29636?mediaType=audio&
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