Coronary Artery Disease and Its Association With Liver Steatosis Among HIV-Infected Persons

Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine

Status: Completed

Conditions: Coronary Artery Disease; HIV Infections; Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT00889577

IDCRP-018

Details and patient eligibility

About

The primary purpose of this study is to evaluate the association between nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) by computed tomography (CT) scan and coronary artery disease (CAD) measured by the calcium (CAC) score among HIV-infected persons.

Enrollment: 233 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• HIV patients who participated in our previous Liver Study, conducted at NMCSD, and HIV patients who did not participate in the Liver Study.

Exclusion criteria

• Women who are pregnant or breastfeeding will be excluded.