Jaime E Hernandez , Philip H Keiser and Vanessa C Williams conceived the study design, Philip H Keiser, Michael G Sension, Edwin DeJesus, Allan Rodriguez, Jeffrey F Olliffe, Vanessa C Williams, Jerry W Snidow reviewed and approved study design, Vanessa C Williams provided the statistical methods for the study and performed the statistical analysis of the results, Jaime E Hernandez, Vanessa C Williams, John H Wakeford, Jerry W Snidow wrote, reviewed and edited the protocol, Gary E Pakes drafted the manuscript and evaluated lipid data previously published in antiretroviral studies described in Background and Discussion, Julie W Fleming, Jaime E Hernandez, Philip H Keiser, Michael G Sension, Edwin DeJesus, Allan Rodriguez, Jeffrey F Olliffe, Jaime E Hernandez, Julie W Fleming, John H Wakeford, Jerry W Snidow, Anne D Shachoy, Vanessa C Williams reviewed and edited the manuscript, Anne D Shachoy, Julie W Fleming, Philip H Keiser, Michael G Sension, Edwin DeJesus, Allan Rodriguez, Jeffrey F Olliffe enrolled study subjects, Anne D Shachoy, Julie W Fleming, Jaime E Hernandez, John H Wakeford monitored the study, Anne D Shachoy, Julie W Fleming, Jaime E Hernandez, Jerry W Snidow, Vanessa C Williams evaluated the clinical data from the study, Anne D Shachoy set up the study at study sites and Jaime E Hernandez contributed to secure funding.

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