Fig. 1From: Vascular function and cardiovascular risk in a HIV infected and HIV free cohort of African ancestry: baseline profile, rationale and methods of the longitudinal EndoAfrica-NWU studyRational for measurements and analyses in the EndoAfrica-NWU study. HIV: human immunodeficiency virus; ART: antiretroviral treatment; FMD: flow-mediated dilation; PWV: pulse wave velocity; IMT: intima-media thickness; DVA: dynamic vessel analysis; ECG: electrocardiography; CRP: C-reactive protein; HbA1c: glycated hemoglobin; GGT: γ-glutamyltransferase; Hb: hemoglobin; ICAM: intercellular adhesion molecule; VCAM: vascular cell adhesion molecule; MPO: myeloperoxidase; GDF-15: growth differentiation factor-15.Back to article page