Abstract

People living with HIV (PLH) are at increased risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD), due to medication side effects and chronic infection leading to an inflammatory state. Improved strategies to reduce CVD risk in PLH are needed, especially since this population is now growing older. Increased intake of long-chain omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids from fish has been shown to be protective against CVD in the general population, but this has been insufficiently studied in PLH. Aim was to assess whether low omega-3 intake, as reflected by low erythrocyte omega-3 content, is associated with enhanced progression of carotid-media intima thickness (CIMT), a measure of atherosclerosis and marker of CVD risk.

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