ea0019p151 | Diabetes, Metabolism and Cardiovascular | SFEBES2009
Thomas Nihal
, Asha HS
, Paul Thomas
, Seshadri Mandalam
Background and objective: Widespread use of highly active anti-retroviral therapy (HAART) has led to a decrease in morbidity and mortality with this infection. HAART is also associated with body fat redistribution, insulin resistance and dyslipidemia, well known risk factors for cardiovascular disease. The prevalence of fat redistribution in studies ranges from 11 to 83%. The objective of this study was to look at changes in body composition in HIV infected men and to determin...