HEALTHY DIETS AND SCIENCE: Men with low cholesterol have a 66% increase in HIV infection compared to men with higher cholesterol

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Wednesday, 26 January 2011

Men with low cholesterol have a 66% increase in HIV infection compared to men with higher cholesterol

Published in the J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr Hum Retrovirol. 1998 Jan 1;17(1):51-7.

Association between serum total cholesterol and HIV infection in a high-risk cohort of young men.
Claxton AJ, Jacobs DR Jr, Iribarren C, Welles SL, Sidney S, Feingold KR.
Division of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis 55454-1015, USA.

This study can be accessed at: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9436759?dopt=Abstract

The results of the study showed that men with low cholesterol (less than 160 mg/dl) had a 66% increase in HIV infection compared to men with higher cholesterol.

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