Substance Use, Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy, and Liver Enzymes: Evidence From a Cross-Sectional Study of HIV-Infected Adult Patients Without Comorbidities on HAART in the University of Port Harcourt Teaching Hospital

Substance Use, Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy, and Liver Enzymes: Evidence From a Cross-Sectional Study of HIV-Infected Adult Patients Without Comorbidities on HAART in the University of Port Harcourt Teaching Hospital

This study applied a structural equation modeling (SEM) to evaluate the role of substance use (alcohol, smoking, and trado-medicine use) to changes in the liver enzymes (AST, ALT, and ALP) levels in HIV-infected adult patients on a highly active antiretroviral treatment (HAART) for not <1 yea...

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Main Authors: Chinwe F. Anyanwu, Tamuno-Olobo JohnBull, Ibe M. Usman, Eric O. Aigbogun, Joy Ochai, Ahmed H. Qasem, Shadi S. Alkhayyat, Athanasios Alexiou, Gaber El-Saber Batiha
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2021-06-01
Series:Frontiers in Reproductive Health
Subjects:
SEM
substance use
enzyme levels
HAART
HIV-infected adults
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/frph.2021.664080/full

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