Even when several risk factors for heart disease including cholesterol and diabetes are well controlled, people with HIV remain at higher risk of heart attacks, strokes or heart failure than people without HIV, a large study of people receiving medical care in California has found.
The study, published in Clinical Infectious Diseases, also showed that unhealthy levels of alcohol consumption place people with HIV at substantially higher risk of heart disease than people without HIV.
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