Abstract
The menopausal transition is a pivotal time of cardiovascular risk, but knowledge is limited in HIV. We studied longitudinal carotid artery intima-media thickness (CIMT) in the Women’s Interagency HIV Study (2004–2019; 979 women/3247 person-visits; 72% with HIV). Among women with HIV only, those who transitioned had greater age-related CIMT progression compared to those remaining premenopausal (difference in slope = 1.64 µm/ year, P = .002); and CIMT increased over time in the pretransition (3.47 µm/year, P = .002) and during the menopausal transition (9.41 µm/year, P < .0001), but not posttransition (2.9 µm/year, P = .19). In women with HIV, menopause may accelerate subclinical atherosclerosis as measured by CIMT.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 780-785 |
Number of pages | 6 |
Journal | Journal of Infectious Diseases |
Volume | 229 |
Issue number | 3 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Mar 15 2024 |
Keywords
- HIV
- atherosclerosis
- cardiovascular disease
- menopause
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- General Medicine