“…42,43 As described above, abnormal lipid and lipoprotein concentrations have been reported among HIVpositive patients prior to initiation of HAART, which may be exacerbated after treatment initiation. The fundamentally proatherogenic lipoprotein changes, with increased plasma TG, increased total and LDL-C, and decreased HDL-C, 26,[44][45][46][47] , can be further underscored by other potentially proatherogenic changes such as increases in the levels of small, dense LDL particles, 48 lipoprotein(a), 26,49,50 and apolipoproteins B, 51,52 , C-III, 52,53 , E, 54 and H. 55 A number of studies have addressed mechanisms for the dyslipidemic pattern in HIV/HAART.…”