9 In a case–control study of Nigerian patients (45 HIV positive and 89 HIV negative), QTc was significantly longer in the patients infected with HIV with a nonsignificant trend to being longer in HIV-positive but ART-naive patients.
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Prolonged QTc in HIV-Infected Patients: A Need for Routine ECG Screening.
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In contrast, gender, race/ethnicity, use of psychiatric medication and antibiotics, viral load, and CD4 count were not significantly associated with QTc prolongation, although low CD4 (<200 cells/mm 3 as a widely accepted and previously studied cutoff) showed a trend toward association.