Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: People living with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) are at increased risk of developing metabolic disorders, such as obesity, dyslipidemia, insulin resistance, diabetes and hypertension; which may also be associated with hypercortisolism. Due to the similarity between the metabolic changes present in these two clinical situations, several studies have evaluated whether HIV-infected patients have increased levels of cortisol, but the results are not consensual. ...

Introduction: HIV infection and combined antiretroviral therapy (cART) have been associated with lipodistrophy and changes in body composition. However, there are few studies on body composition evolution of HIV-infected patients, under cART.Aims: To evaluate the evolution of body composition in HIV-1 infected patients under cART over 5 years.Methods: Retrospective, observational study in a cohort of HIV-infected patients on cART. ...

Introduction: Adipose tissue disturbances (lipodystrophy and obesity) are prevalent in patients infected with HIV. Our aims were to evaluate the prevalence of obesity and the association with lipodystrophy, the effect of gender, age, viral replication, duration of disease and cART in a population of HIV patients under cART.Methods: In this retrospective study, 580 patients were included. The characteristics of the population are presented through percent...