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• Prevalence and predictors of metabolic syndrome among HIV- infected and HIV-uninfected women in the Women's Interagency HIV Study

  Summary: The metabolic syndrome is a set of health problems consisting of at least 3 of the following symptoms: excessively high blood sugar levels, increased waist circumference, altered choleste

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• Ten-year predicted coronary heart disease risk in HIV-infected men and women

  Summary: Recent studies suggest that some people with HIV infection may have an increased chance of developing cardiovascular diseases, which are diseases affecting the heart and blood vessels. We

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• Short-term bone loss in HIV-infected premenopausal women

  Citation: Yin MT, Lu D, Cremers S, Tien PC, Cohen MH, Shi Q, Shane E, Golub ET, Anastos K. Background: Low bone mineral density (BMD) has been reported in HIV+ women, but less is known about

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• The association of HIV infection with left ventricular mass/hypertrophy

  Citation: Mansoor A, Golub ET, Dehovitz J, Anastos K, Kaplan RC, Lazar JM. Abstract: Left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH) is an independent predictor of major cardiovascular events. Cardiovasc

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• Oxidant stress in HIV-infected women from the Women's Interagency HIV Study

  Citation: Glesby MJ, Hoover DR, Raiszadeh F, Lee I, Shi Q, Milne G, Sanchez SC, Gao W, Kaplan RC, Morrow JD, Anastos K. Background: Oxidant stress contributes to the pathogenesis of multiple

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• Outcomes After Treatment of Cervical Intraepithelial Neoplasia Among Women With HIV

  Citation: Massad LS, Fazzari MJ, Anastos K, Klein RS, Minkoff H, Jamieson DJ, Duerr A, Celentano D, Gange S, Cu-Uvin S, Young M,Watts DH, Levine AM, Schuman P,Harris TG, Strickler HD. Objective

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• HIV as a risk factor for lung cancer in women: data from the Women's Interagency HIV Study

  Citation: Levine AM, Seaberg EC, Hessol NA, Preston-Martin S, Silver S, Cohen MH, Anastos K, Minkoff H, Orenstein J, Dominguez G,Watts DH. Purpose: Prior reports of an increased risk of lung

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• The association of bone mineral density with HIV infection and antiretroviral treatment in women

  Citation: Anastos K, Lu D, Shi O, Mulligan K, Tien PC, Freeman R, Cohen MH, Justman J, Hessol NA. Background: Low bone mineral density (BMD) has been reported in HIV-infected women and men.

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• Protease inhibitor levels in hair strongly predict virologic response to treatment

  Citation: Gandhi M, Ameli N, Bacchetti P, Gange SJ, Anastos K, Levine A, Hyman CL, Cohen M, Young M, Huang Y, Greenblatt RM;Women's Interagency HIV Study (WIHS). Objective: Antiretroviral (A

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• CYP1A1 genotype modifies the impact of smoking on effectiveness of HAART among women

  Citation: Feldman DN, Feldman JG, Greenblatt R, Anastos K, Pearce L, Cohen M, Gange S, Leanza S, Burk R. Abstract: We have recently shown that cigarette smoking is associated with lesser res

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