Introduction:

Cardiovascular diseases are the main risk of morbidity and mortality worldwide. Another disease with significant impact on public health systems is HIV/AIDS. Patients infected with the human immunodeficiency virus have a higher risk of developing cardiovascular diseases. After antiretroviral treatment, the incidence of opportunistic diseases associated with HIV/AIDS has decreased and the incidence of diseases associated with aging such as cardiovascular disease has increased. The use of protease inhibitor antiretroviral drugs is associated with hyperlipidemia and a consequent increase in cardiovascular complications.

Objective:

To determine lipid markers in patients with HIV/AIDS undergoing treatment with protease inhibitors.

Materials and method:

An observational, analytical, cross-sectional study was carried out in patients with HIV/AIDS from the province of Matanzas during the period from March to August 2020, in the Clinical Laboratory of the Provincial Teaching Clinical Surgical Hospital Faustino Pérez Hernandez.

Results:

Lipid markers were evaluated as cardiovascular risk factor associated with antiretroviral treatment, with triglycerides being the one of highest incidence.

Conclusions:

Lipid markers were identified as cardiovascular risk factors; in this case hypertriglyceridemia.

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