TRT Increases Marker for Heart Disease in HIV+ Men

Buy Lab Tests Online

Jinzang

Member
If you've watched the documentary "The Widowmaker," you know the calcium artery score is a marker for risk of heart attack. A recent study, reported at an AIDS conference but not yet published, found more coronary artery calcium progression among HIV+ men on TRT than those who were not on TRT. A news article on the talk said:

Haberlen and colleagues analyzed 300 men with HIV aged 40 to 70 years from the CVD ancillary study of the Multicenter AIDS Cohort Study, of whom 15% were ongoing users of testosterone therapy (use at baseline and follow-up scans), 7% were new users (use at follow-up scan but not baseline scan) and 8% were former users who had stopped by the time of the follow-up scan.
At a mean follow-up of 4.5 years, compared with former users, ongoing users (adjusted RR = 1.99; P < .05) and new users (aRR = 2.37) had elevated risk for CAC progression, Haberlen said.
For noncalcified plaque progression, risk in new users was higher than risk in former users (aRR = 2.16; P < .05), but the same was not true for risk in ongoing users (aRR = 1.52; P > .05), she said.
“Surprisingly, the never-use group also had an elevated risk for progression compared with the former-use group, though not statistically significant,” Haberlen said.
In addition, she said, there was a relationship between baseline low serum total testosterone (< 300 ng/dL) and CAC progression (aRR = 1.97; P < .001), but not between low testosterone and noncalcified plaque progression (aRR = 0.97; P = .93).
 
Defy Medical TRT clinic doctor
Buy Lab Tests Online

Sponsors

bodybuilder test discounted labs
Defy Medical TRT clinic
nelson vergel coaching for men
Discounted Labs
TRT in UK Balance my hormones
Testosterone books nelson vergel
Register on ExcelMale.com
Trimix HCG Offer Excelmale
Thumos USA men's mentoring and coaching
Testosterone TRT HRT Doctor Near Me
how to save your marriage

Online statistics

Members online
0
Guests online
6
Total visitors
6

Latest posts

Top