JAC Advance Access originally published online on March 10, 2005
Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy 2005 55(5):800-804; doi:10.1093/jac/dki063
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Lipid disorders in antiretroviral-naive patients treated with lopinavir/ritonavir-based HAART: frequency, characterization and risk factors
1 Internal Medicine Service and 7 Biochemistry Service, La Paz Hospital, Autónoma University School of Medicine; 2 HIV Unit, Hospital 12 de Octubre, Complutense University School of Medicine; 3 Hospital de Móstoles; 4 Servicio de Enfermedades Infecciosas, Hospital Ramón y Cajal, Alcalá University School of Medicine; 5 Internal Medicine Service, Hospital Príncipe de Asturias, Alcalá University School of Medicine; 6 Servicio de Enfermedades Infecciosas, Hospital Gregorio Marañón, Complutense University School of Medicine, Madrid, Spain
* Correspondence address. Hospital La Paz, Consulta de Medicina Interna II, Paseo de la Castellana, No. 261, 28046 Madrid, Spain. Tel: +34-91-727-7099; Fax: +34-91-729-00-33; Email: josearribas{at}telefonica.net
Objectives: The aim of this study was to evaluate the frequency, characteristics and risk factors of lipid changes associated with lopinavir/ritonavir treatment in antiretroviral-naive patients.
Methods: A prospective cohort of 107 antiretroviral-naive HIV-infected patients was followed for 12 months after starting lopinavir/ritonavir-based highly active antiretroviral therapy.
Results: At 12 months, percentages of patients with hypercholesterolaemia and hypertriglyceridaemia were 17.4% and 40%, respectively. Mean increases in total cholesterol and triglycerides were 40.7 and 73.3 mg/dL. There was a significant increase in both low-density and high-density (HDL) cholesterol, and no increase in the total cholesterol/HDL ratio (from 4.16 at baseline to 4.49 after 12 months). Baseline cholesterol > 200 mg/dL and triglycerides > 150 mg/dL were independent risk factors for dyslipidaemia, while hepatitis C coinfection appeared to be protective.
Conclusions: Patients with elevated lipid values at baseline have the greatest risk of developing hypercholesterolaemia and hypertriglyceridaemia after starting lopinavir/ritonavir. Antiretroviral-naive patients coinfected with hepatitis C have a low risk of developing hyperlipidaemia after starting lopinavir/ritonavir.
Keywords: antiretroviral therapy , hypercholesterolaemia , hypertriglyceridaemia , cholesterol , triglycerides , high-density cholesterol , low-density cholesterol
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