@article{Slowey_2017, place={Houston, U.S.}, title={THE EFFECTS OF THE INTENSITY OF CIGARETTE USE AND ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY ON THE BLOOD LIPID PROFILE OF AN IRISH HIV PERSON}, volume={6}, url={https://www.jsr.org/index.php/path/article/view/363}, DOI={10.47611/jsr.v6i1.363}, abstractNote={<p><strong>Abstract</strong></p> <p><strong>Context</strong>: There are numerous studies on the effects of smoking and antiretroviral use separately on a HIV patient’s blood lipid profile, however there has never been a study conducted that measures the intensity of cigarette use combined with antiretroviral therapy on a patient’s blood lipid profile. <strong>Aims</strong>: To assess the effects of the intensity of cigarette usage and antiretroviral therapy on a patient’s blood lipid profile. <strong>Setting and Design</strong>: This cross-sectional study was carried out in a regional HIV clinic in Cork University Hospital between June 2016 and August 2016. <strong>Methods</strong>: 40 patients were interviewed in order to gather cigarette usage data and patient files were reviewed in order to gather blood lipid profile results and antiretroviral therapy data.<strong> Results</strong>: There was no statistically significant difference (P&gt;0.05) in the means of cholesterol (4.99 vs 5.47), high-density lipoprotein (1.22 vs 1.07), low-density lipoprotein (3.13 vs 3.03), nor triglycerides (1.54 vs 2.45) in smokers versus non-smokers. Low-density lipoprotein in mild and moderate smokers was increased compared to non-smokers. <strong>Conclusions</strong>: These results show that smoking combined with nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor use has no significant change in blood lipid measurements when compared to controls.</p>}, number={1}, journal={Journal of Student Research}, author={Slowey, Charlie}, year={2017}, month={May}, pages={119-125} }