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. 2026 Jul 28;27(15):6733. doi: 10.3390/ijms27156733
ART Antiretroviral Therapy
ASE American Society of Echocardiography
A4C Apical Four-Chamber
ANCOVA Analysis of Covariance
ANOVA Analysis Of Variance
aOR Adjusted Odds Ratio
AT Anaerobic Threshold
BF Breathing Frequency
BIA Bioelectrical Impedance Analysis
BMI Body Mass Index
BSA Body Surface Area
CI Confidence Interval
CPET Cardiopulmonary Exercise Testing
CVDs Cardiovascular Diseases
EACVI European Association of Cardiovascular Imaging
ECG Electrocardiographic
EPV events-per-variable
EWGSOP2 European Working Group on Sarcopenia in Older People 2
GCP Good Clinical Practice
GLS Global Longitudinal Strain
HDL High Density Lipoprotein
HF Heart Failure
HFpEF Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction
HIV Human Immunodeficiency Virus
HR Heart Rate
HRR Heart Rates Reserve
INSTI Integrase Strand Transfer Inhibitor
ICC interclass correlation coefficient
IQR Interquartile Range
IR Insulin Resistance
IVS Interventricular Septal
LA Left Atrial
LDL Low-Density Lipoprotein
LV Left Ventricular
LVEF Left Ventricular Ejection Fraction
LVEDV Left Ventricular End-Diastolic Volume
LVESV Left Ventricular End-Systolic Volume
LVID Left Ventricular Internal Diameter
LVPW Left Ventricular Posterior Wall
NNRTI Non-Nucleoside Reverse Transcriptase Inhibitor
OR Odds Ratio
OUES Oxygen Uptake Efficiency Slope
PASP Pulmonary Artery Systolic Pressure
PI Protease Inhibitor
PLWH People Living With HIV
PRES Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome
RER Respiratory Exchange Ratio
RSC Romanian Society of Cardiology
SD Standard Deviation
STR Single-Tablet Regimens
SV Stroke Volume
TB Tuberculosis
TDI Tissue Doppler Imaging
TG Triglycerides
TG/HDL Triglycerides/High Density Lipoprotein
UNAIDS Joint United Nations Program On HIV
VE Minute Ventilation
VO2 peak Peak Oxygen Uptake
WHO World Health Organization