title: Prevalence of obesity and cardiovascular risk in patients with HIV/AIDS in Porto Alegre, Brazil.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The aim of this study was to discover the prevalence of overweight, obesity and cardiovascular risk in our HIV/AIDS outpatients according to sex, antiretroviral therapy and other variables.
  
  
  METHODS
  Patients underwent an anthropometric assessment. Body mass index and waist circumference were used to classify their nutritional status and their cardiovascular risk.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The majority of the 345 patients (58.8%) were males. Obesity was detected in 8.3% of them; 34.2% were overweight, and 5.2% malnourished. Near half of them (51.3%) had some cardiovascular risk, with increased risk in 24.6% of them, and substantially increased risk in 26.7% of them.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Overweight and obesity were highly prevalent. Women were more frequently obese (OR = 3.53; IC 95%, 1.47 < OR < 8.69), and their cardiovascular risk was often higher (OR = 6.97; IC 95%, 4.16 < OR < 11.76). The prevalence of obesity and cardiovascular risk did not change according to antiretroviral therapy or other variables.
authors.affiliation: Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ciências Médicas, Universidade Federal Fluminense, Niterói, RJ, Brazil. andreafks@gmail.com
authors.forename: Andrea Francis
authors.initials: AF
authors.lastname: Kroll
authors.forename: Eduardo
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Sprinz
authors.forename: Suzete Carbonell
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Leal
authors.forename: Maria da Graça
authors.initials: Mda G
authors.lastname: Labrêa
authors.forename: Sérgio
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Setúbal
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D044966:Anti-Retroviral Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D015992:Body Mass Index; D001938:Brazil / Q000453:epidemiology; D018791:CD4 Lymphocyte Count; D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology; D004812:Epidemiologic Methods; D005260:Female; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000276:immunology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009752:Nutritional Status / Q000187:drug effects; D009765:Obesity / Q000150:complications / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000473:pathology; D012307:Risk Factors; D017678:Sex Distribution; D019562:Viral Load
chemical_list: D044966:Anti-Retroviral Agents