Cardiovascular Risk Profile of Transgender Women With HIV: A US Health Care Database Study

J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2018 Sep 1;79(1):e39-e41. doi: 10.1097/QAI.0000000000001767.

Abstract

We sought to characterize the cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk factor profile of transgender women with HIV identified through a U.S. healthcare database. Compared with age- and race-matched cisgender men with HIV, transgender women with HIV had an increased prevalence of anemia and lower absolute hemoglobin levels. HIV control was sub-optimal and prevalence of HCV co-infection was high among transgender women. Further study of non-traditional CVD risk factors/immune activation among transgender women with HIV is warranted.

Publication types

  • Letter
  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Cardiovascular Diseases / complications
  • Cardiovascular Diseases / epidemiology*
  • Cohort Studies
  • Databases, Factual*
  • Female
  • HIV Infections / complications*
  • Humans
  • Middle Aged
  • Risk Factors
  • Transgender Persons*
  • United States / epidemiology