Factors associated with abdominal obesity among HIV-infected adults on antiretroviral therapy in Malaysia

• Main Authors: Hejazi, Nazisa, Huang, Mary Soo Lee, Khor, Geok Lin, Lee, Christopher Kwok Choong
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Canadian Center of Science and Education 2010
• Online Access: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/14698/1/14698.pdf; http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/14698/; http://www.ccsenet.org/journal/index.php/gjhs/article/view/4673

Abdominal or central obesity is a common morphological alteration among HIV-infected subjects on antiretroviral treatment. There is concern that this condition places the subjects at risk of cardiovascular disease. This is a cross-sectional study of 334, HIV-infected adult subjects on antiretroviral...