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Title: Increased rate of FEV1 decline in HIV patients despite effective treatment with HAART
Author: Sampériz, Gloria
Fanjul, Francisco
Valera, José Luis
Lopez, Meritxell
Rios, Ángel
Peñaranda, María
Campins, Antoni
Riera, Melchor
Agustí García-Navarro, Àlvar
Keywords: VIH (Virus)
Terapèutica
HIV (Viruses)
Therapeutics
Issue Date: 2019
Publisher: Public Library of Science (PLoS)
Abstract: Introduction: Previous studies have reported that the rate of FEV1 decline over time is increased in HIV patients but the mechanisms underlying this observation are unclear. Since current HIV treatment with Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy (HAART) results in very good immune-viral control, we hypothesized that HAART should normalize the elevated rate of FEV1 decline previously reported in HIV patients if it was somehow related to the immune alterations caused by HIV, particularly in never smokers or quitters, since smoking is a well established risk factor for accelerated FEV1 decline in the general population. Methods: We explored this hypothesis in a prospectively recruited cohort of 188 HIV (smoker and non-smoker) patients treated with HAART in Palma de Mallorca (Spain) and followed-up for 6 years. The cross-sectional characteristics of this cohort have been published elsewhere. Results: We found that: (1) HAART resulted in good immune-viral control; (2) the rate of FEV1 decline remained abnormally elevated, even in non-smokers and quitters; and, (3) alcohol abuse during follow-up was related to FEV1 decline in these patients. Discussion: Despite adequate immune-viral control by HAART, lung function decline remains increased in most HIV patients, even in non-smokers and quitters. Alcohol abuse is a preventable risk factor to decrease the accelerated FEV1 decline in this population.
Note: Reproducció del document publicat a: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0224510
It is part of: PLoS One, 2019, vol. 14, num. 10, p. e0224510
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/2445/164830
Related resource: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0224510
ISSN: 1932-6203
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Articles publicats en revistes (IDIBAPS: Institut d'investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer)

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