Does frequent injection cocaine use increase the risk of renal impairment among hepatitis C and HIV coinfected patients?
After accounting for HCV RNA, frequent and cumulative injection cocaine abuse was associated with CRI progression and should be taken into consideration when evaluating impaired renal function in HIV-HCV coinfection.
Normotensive subjects in the higher blood pressure categories had worse risk factor profiles. Obesity was the most important and consistent determinant of higher blood pressure categories.