2024
DNA methylation‐based telomere length is associated with HIV infection, physical frailty, cancer, and all‐cause mortality
Liang X, Aouizerat B, So‐Armah K, Cohen M, Marconi V, Xu K, Justice A. DNA methylation‐based telomere length is associated with HIV infection, physical frailty, cancer, and all‐cause mortality. Aging Cell 2024, 23: e14174. PMID: 38629454, PMCID: PMC11258465, DOI: 10.1111/acel.14174.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCancer prevalenceAll-cause mortalityVeterans Aging Cohort Study Biomarker CohortMortality riskPhysiological frailtyVACS IndexIncreased risk of all-cause mortalityRisk of all-cause mortalityCancer registry dataHigher cancer prevalenceHIV infectionElectronic medical recordsSelf-reported raceCoronary heart diseaseAssociated with HIV infectionIndicator of cellular agingPhysical frailtyRegistry dataSmoking statusWomen's Interagency HIV Study cohortAlcohol consumptionShorter TLTelomere lengthMedical recordsPeripheral blood mononuclear cells
2011
The Risk of Incident Coronary Heart Disease Among Veterans With and Without HIV and Hepatitis C
Freiberg MS, Chang CC, Skanderson M, McGinnis K, Kuller LH, Kraemer KL, Rimland D, Goetz MB, Butt AA, Barradas M, Gibert C, Leaf D, Brown ST, Samet J, Kazis L, Bryant K, Justice AC. The Risk of Incident Coronary Heart Disease Among Veterans With and Without HIV and Hepatitis C. Circulation Cardiovascular Quality And Outcomes 2011, 4: 425-432. PMID: 21712519, PMCID: PMC3159506, DOI: 10.1161/circoutcomes.110.957415.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHuman immunodeficiency virusHepatitis C virusHIV-HCVCensoring eventVeterans Aging Cohort Study Virtual CohortIncident coronary heart diseaseCoronary heart disease riskHeart disease riskCoronary heart diseaseHIV-1 RNARisk of CHDIncidence of CHDHCV statusVeteran EnrolleesAdjusted riskAntiretroviral therapyCD4 countCHD eventsHCV infectionHepatitis CCHD riskImmunodeficiency virusC virusHeart diseaseRisk factorsRisk of Heart Failure With Human Immunodeficiency Virus in the Absence of Prior Diagnosis of Coronary Heart Disease
Butt AA, Chang CC, Kuller L, Goetz MB, Leaf D, Rimland D, Gibert CL, Oursler KK, Rodriguez-Barradas MC, Lim J, Kazis LE, Gottlieb S, Justice AC, Freiberg MS. Risk of Heart Failure With Human Immunodeficiency Virus in the Absence of Prior Diagnosis of Coronary Heart Disease. JAMA Internal Medicine 2011, 171: 737-743. PMID: 21518940, PMCID: PMC3687533, DOI: 10.1001/archinternmed.2011.151.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsIncident HF eventsHeart failureCoronary heart diseaseCopies/mLRisk factorsHIV infectionHF eventsHeart diseaseHigh riskVeterans Aging Cohort Study Virtual CohortHIV-1 RNA levelsRisk of HFCoronary heart disease eventsHuman immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infectionRNA levelsIncident heart failureOngoing viral replicationRetrospective cohort studyHeart disease eventsImmunodeficiency virus infectionHuman immunodeficiency virusVACS-VCVeteran EnrolleesCohort studyPrior diagnosis