Date Published:
2014 Aug 15

Publication Type:
Journal Article

Authors:

M. Ferrara
A. Umlauf
C. Sanders
J.M. Meyer
J.A. McCutchan
N.A. Duarte
J.H. Atkinson
I. Grant
R.J. Ellis

Secondary:
Psychiatry Res

Volume:
218

Pagination:
201-8

Issue:
1-2

PMID:
24794030

URL:
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/24794030

DOI:
10.1016/j.psychres.2014.04.015

Keywords:
Adult;Anti-Retroviral Agents;Antipsychotic Agents;Body Mass Index;Cardiovascular Diseases;CHARTER;Cross-Sectional Studies;External;Female;HIV Infections;Humans;Male;Middle Aged;Psychotic Disorders;Retrospective Studies;Risk;Risk Factors

Abstract:
<p>To study the effect of concurrent use of second-generation antipsychotics (SGAs) on metabolic syndrome (MetS) components conferring increased cardiovascular risk in a sample of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected adults taking antiretroviral therapy (ART). A retrospective study of participants consecutively recruited at the UCSD HIV Neurobehavioral Research Program examined effects of combined ART and SGAs on body mass index (BMI), nonfasting serum lipids, diabetes mellitus (DM) incidence, and mean arterial pressure (MAP). Metabolic outcome variables and covariates were compared using t-tests, Chi-squared or Fisher's exact tests. Linear and logistic multivariable models explored metabolic outcomes for participants taking (SGA+) or not taking (SGA-) concomitant SGAs, after controlling for demographic and HIV disease- and ART-related covariates. Of 2229 HIV-infected participants, 12% (N=258) were treated with SGAs. In multivariable models adjusted for relevant covariates, the SGA+ group had significantly higher mean triglycerides, significantly higher odds of DM, significantly higher MAPs and marginally higher BMI. The use of SGAs in HIV-infected adults taking ART was independently associated with worse indicators of MetS and cardiovascular risk. Aggressive monitoring for the metabolic complications from concurrent SGA and ART is indicated in all patients receiving these medication combinations.</p>