An increase in fat mass is considered to be an important risk factor for the worldwide
increase in type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease. However, for a given fat mass, there …

Aims With the success of antiretroviral therapy (ART), non-human immunodeficiency virus
(HIV)-related comorbidities like cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) are of increasing concern …

Background HIV-infected patients have a high risk of myocardial infarction. We aimed to
assess the ability of statin treatment to reduce arterial inflammation and achieve regression …

Growth Hormone Assessment in Adults Growth hormone synthesis and physiology are
discussed in the context of recombinant growth hormone use in adults. Growth hormone …

Lipodystrophy is a medical condition characterized by complete or partial loss of adipose
tissue. Not infrequently, lipodystrophy occurs in combination with pathological accumulation …

Obesity has become one of the most common medical problems in developed countries,
and this disorder is associated with high incidences of hypertension, dyslipidaemia …

Importance Among patients infected with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), visceral
adiposity is associated with metabolic dysregulation and ectopic fat accumulation …

Severe insulin resistance syndromes are a heterogeneous group of rare disorders
characterized by profound insulin resistance, substantial metabolic abnormalities, and a …

Context: HIV patients treated with antiretroviral therapy (ART) often develop increased
visceral adipose tissue (VAT). Objective: Our objective was to perform a pooled analysis of …

Morphologic and metabolic abnormalities, including subcutaneous adipose tissue wasting,
central adipose tissue accumulation, dyslipidemia and disorders of glucose metabolism are …