HIV disease is associated with increased biomarkers of endothelial dysfunction despite viral suppression on long-term antiretroviral therapy in Botswana

Abstract

HIV disease was associated with biomarkers of endothelial dysfunction among virally suppressed adults in Botswana on long-term ART after controlling for traditional CVD risk factors. Future work should explore the clinical impact of persistent endothelial dysfunction following long-term HIV viral suppression on the risk of CVD clinical endpoints among HIV-infected patients in this setting.