Associations of anthropometric indices with body adiposity for assessing cardiovascular risk in people living with HIV: a cross-sectional study
Therefore, it can be concluded that when evaluating the risk of CVD in PLHIV, it is more reliable to associate WHR, WHtR and CI together than to use these indices separately, and total BF can be associated with CI or WHR for a risk assessment.
Authors
- Paulo Francisco de Almeida‐Neto (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2860-2260)
- Elaine Toledo Pitanga Fernandes (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2612-3995)
- Silmar Silva Teixeira (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9240-1228)
- Phelipe Wilde (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5833-428X)
- Breno Guilherme de Araújo Tinôco Cabral (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9966-9956)
- Carlos Gomes (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4465-6274)
- Júlio César Medeiros Alves (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0007-5876-3026)
- Paulo Moreira Silva Dantas
Institutions
- Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte (BR)
Publication Details
- Journal
- PeerJ
- Published
- 2025-10-20
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.18833
- Primary Topic
- HIV-related health complications and treatments
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior
- Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico