Project title The prevalence and risk factors study of peripheral artery disease in HIV patients
Project Investigator Prof. Dr. Kittipan Rerkasem
Co Investigator
Prof. Dr. Khuanchai Suparatpinyo
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Romanee Chaiyarit
Dr. Kanokwan Watcharasaksilp
Dr. Natapol Koschoonhanan
Dr. Taweewat Supintam
Dr. Patcharapan Sukontawes
Dr. Tananchai Khampee
Research objectives
1. To study the prevalence of PAD in HIV patients
2. To study the risk factors of cardiovascular morbidity/mortality incidence of PAD in HIV patients
Funding agency
The Higher Education Commission
National Research Council of Thailand (NRCT)
Study sites Suandok hospital, Chiang Mai University
Study design
It has been being known that HIV patients have now a long life span due to a better medicine and treatment. This causes them to have a chronic disease the same as normal people. However, a non-communicable diseases (NCD) occurrence has often been found in the early life in the HIV patients. It is said that the occurrence of this disease is 20 years faster in the HIV patients than in the normal people due to the HIV mechanism. This mechanism maybe vascular inflammation from HIV disease or dyslipidemia from HIV treatment medicine or other mechanism that prone to coronary artery disease. So, this study is a cohort study which will study the incidence of PAD by following up a cohort of 1000 HIV patients. This study will be the first big study in Thailand. The study data will reveal how big of the incidence and risk factors of PAD in the HIV patients. This study was supported by The Higher Education Commission and the National Research Council of Thailand (NRCT)
Study period November 2014 – October 2015
