Assessing risk factors for hypertension in young adults with perinatally acquired HIV infection: A case-control study.

Objectives: Although the risk of AIDS-associated diseases has declined dramatically with combination antiretroviral therapy (cART), the incidence rates of chronic non-AIDS-associated diseases in perinatally HIV-infected adults have risen and have not been well characterized. Both traditional and HIV-associated risk factors have been found to contribute to hypertension in non-perinatally HIV-infected adults; whether these same factors contribute to hypertension in perinatally infected adults is not known. The purpose of this study was to determine the socio-demographic, clinical, virological and immunological factors associated with systemic hypertension among a cohort of perinatally HIV-infected adolescents and young adults.

Hyperinsulinemic hypoglycemia precipitated by weight loss.

Objective: To describe a case of hyperinsulinemic hypoglycemia precipitated by weight loss.

Methods: We present a detailed case report and results of a related literature search on hyperinsulinemic hypoglycemia precipitated by weight loss.

Results: The presence of an insulinoma was unveiled by voluntary weight loss and reduction of insulin resistance.