Sex modulates the association between inflammation and coronary atherosclerosis among older Ugandan adults with and without HIV

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Authors

Saate Shakil · Seattle University

Tecla M. Temu · University of Washington

Cissy Kityo · Joint Clinical Research Centre

Rashidah Nazzinda · Joint Clinical Research Centre

Geoffrey Erem · Makerere University

Katherine Kentoffio · University of California, San Francisco

Márcio Sommer Bittencourt

Abstract

The positive link between inflammation and subclinical CAD was stronger among females than males in Uganda. Mechanisms by which sex modulates the relationship between inflammation and CAD should be further investigated in SSA.

Topics & Keywords

Adipokines, Inflammation, and Metabolic Diseases Cardiovascular Disease and Adiposity Atherosclerosis and Cardiovascular Diseases

UN Sustainable Development Goals

No poverty

Publication Details

Published in: AIDS

Volume 37, Issue 4, pp. 579-586

DOI: 10.1097/qad.0000000000003451

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