Updated on August 8 with outside comment.
By Marie Rosenthal, MS
Statins may offset the high risk for cardiovascular disease (CVD) in people living with HIV by more than one-third, potentially preventing one in five major CV events or premature deaths in this high-risk group (N Engl J Med 2023 July 23. doi:10.1056/NEJMoa2304146).
The risk for CVD in people living with HIV can be 50% to 100% greater than those without HIV, according to results that also were presented at the IAS 2023