Abstract:Background To determine the effects of integrase inhibitor (INSTI) in comparison to non INSTI based regimens such as non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors (NNRTIs) based regimens on cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk in HIV+ patients without overt history of CVD or diabetes, with normal CD4:CD8 count. For CVD risk assessment we primarily used hematopoietic CD34+ progenitor cells, as a biomarker.Methods19 male subjects ages 32-61 years with BMI 21.0- 36.0, were enrolled. This was a single time point, c… Show more
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