Study of lipid profile in human immunodeficiency virus infection

Fifty six human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) positive patients were studied and their serum lipid composition was compared with 35 HIV negative controls. Majority of the patients were in CDC group IV (66%) whereas 17.9% and 16.1% were in CDC groups II and III, respectively. The mean level of triglycerides was much higher in advanced stage of the disease (183.32 +/- 40.6 mg% v/s 92.5 +/- 20.6 mg%). It was also observed that mean level of cholesterol were much lower in advanced disease (151.24 +/- 35.86 mg% v/s 188.2 +/- 28.5 mg%). The mean levels of LDL-C, VLDL-C, HDL-C were not significantly different statistically in the HIV positive group of patients compared to controls.