Are depressive symptom clusters differentially associated with general and visceral obesity?
Visceral obesity, which is more indicative of vascular risk than BMI, is specifically associated with somatic-affective depressive symptom cluster, which might suggest that these symptoms are primarily due to a (subclinical) somatic condition.
HIV-infected patients with the MCP-1-2518G allele have a 5-fold increased risk for atherosclerosis, as assessed by ultrasonography.