Statins reduce cardiovascular risk in people living with HIV, new global study finds

Recent studies have shown that people living with HIV have 1.5 to 2 times higher risk of developing cardiovascular disease compared to the rest of the population. However, the tools currently used make this determination underestimate the risk in people living with HIV. As a result, while the current treatment guidelines recognize that HIV increases the risk of cardiovascular disease, there was no evidence that providing treatment was effective until now.