Prevalence and Factors Associated With Liver Test Abnormalities Among Human Immunodeficiency Virus-Infected Persons

Article ID	Journal	Published Year	Pages	File Type
3284741	Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology	2010	9 Pages	PDF

Abstract

Liver test abnormalities are common among HIV patients during the highly active antiretroviral therapy era. The most common diagnosis was nonalcoholic fatty liver disease. Despite laboratory and radiologic investigations into the cause of liver dysfunction, 51% were unexplained, but might be related to unrecognized fatty liver disease.

Keywords

NAFLD NRTI NNRTI HDL IQR HAART ALT high-density lipoprotein AST Aspartate aminotransferase Alanine aminotransferase Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease highly active antiretroviral therapy body mass index BMI Low-density lipoprotein LDL interquartile range Nonnucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor odds ratio human immunodeficiency virus HIV