Prevalence of Dyslipidemia, Metabolic Syndrome Among Hiv Infected Patients Using Haart
Journal Title: IOSR Journal of Dental and Medical Sciences (IOSR-JDMS) - Year 2017, Vol 16, Issue 9
Abstract
Introduction: To study about Prevalence Of Dyslipidemia, Metabolic Syndrome Among Hiv Infected Patients Using Haart. Aims And Objective: To study the prevalence of metabolic syndrome, dyslipidemia in HIV infected population and the individual components of metabolic syndrome as well as characteristics of lipid profiles among these patients Materials And Methods: The study conducted in Government Stanley medical college and hospital from March – July 2015. Statistical analysis :The data was analyzed using SPSS version 16 and Microsoft Excel 2007 Summary:We can conclude that metabolic syndrome among HIV – infected patients using HAART are significantly associated with longer duration of treatment.The metabolic syndrome positive group among HIV infected patients using HAART have significantly lower CD4 cell counts which was statistically significant. Association between the metabolic syndrome positive group and hypertension, diabetes mellitus, abdominal circumference, triglyceride levels, altered HDL levels were considered to be statistically significant.
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Dr. R . Poongundran, Dr . S. M . Sujatha
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