Document Type

Article

Publication Date

2-1-2013

Comments

This article is the final published version in AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses Volume 29, Issue 2, March 2013, Pages 350-358.

The published version is available at DOI:10.1089/AID.2012.0278. Copyright © Mary Ann Liebert

Abstract

Propensity for developing coronary heart disease (CHD) is linked with Framingham-defined cardiovascular risk factors and elevated inflammatory biomarkers. Cardiovascular risk and inflammatory biomarkers were evaluated in ARIES, a Phase IIIb/IV clinical trial in which 515 antiretroviral-naive HIV-infected subjects initially received abacavir/lamivudine + atazanavir/ritonavir for 36 weeks. Subjects who were virologically suppressed by week 30 were randomized 1:1 at week 36 to either maintain or discontinue ritonavir for an additional 108 weeks. Framingham 10-year CHD risk scores (FRS) and risk category of

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