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. 2018 Sep 1;79(1):e39-e41.
doi: 10.1097/QAI.0000000000001767.

Cardiovascular Risk Profile of Transgender Women With HIV: A US Health Care Database Study

Shawnbir Gogia  1 , Alexandra Coromilas  1 , Susan Regan  2 , Lauren Stone  3 , Lindsay T Fourman  3 , Virginia A Triant  2   4 , Tomas G Neilan  5   6 , Markella V Zanni  3
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Cardiovascular Risk Profile of Transgender Women With HIV: A US Health Care Database Study

Shawnbir Gogia et al. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. .

Abstract

We sought to characterize the cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk factor profile of transgender women with HIV identified through a U.S. healthcare database. Compared with age- and race-matched cisgender men with HIV, transgender women with HIV had an increased prevalence of anemia and lower absolute hemoglobin levels. HIV control was sub-optimal and prevalence of HCV co-infection was high among transgender women. Further study of non-traditional CVD risk factors/immune activation among transgender women with HIV is warranted.

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    Streed CG ,Jr, Goldstein Z, Poteat T, Mukherjee M, Radix A. Streed CG ,Jr, et al. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2019 Mar 1;80(3):e84. doi: 10.1097/QAI.0000000000001884. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2019. PMID: 30762675 No abstract available.
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    Gogia S, Zanni MV. Gogia S, et al. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2019 Mar 1;80(3):e84-e85. doi: 10.1097/QAI.0000000000001944. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2019. PMID: 30762676 Free PMC article. No abstract available.

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