Introduction

Reports from the workshop

The newly named 11th International Workshop on Adverse Drug Reactions and Co-morbidities in HIV was held this year from 26–28 October 2009 in Philadelphia. The workshop has expanded its earlier focus on lipodystrophy to include coinfection, particularly hepatitis and age-related morbidities including bone, cardiovascular, oncology and neurocognitive complications.

The format for the workshop continues to provide a focused forum for the range of metabolic complications but also recognises that these symptoms are becoming more difficult to view in isolation.

Reports from the meeting this year include:

• Intermuscular tissue is decreased in HIV infection
• High incidence and risk factors for diabetes in French cohort
• Gender and race differences in lipodystrophy symptoms
• Lipodystrophy is common in children from three European cohorts
• Visceral adipose tissue returns to baseline after stopping therapeutic rHGH
• Reduced levels of vitamin D in patients taking efavirenz
• Association between inflammation and sleep apnea in the MACS cohort
• Sports supplements impact on serum creatinine and eGFR markers of renal function

Webcasts from the meeting are due to be posted to the conference website shortly.
https://lipo09.events-register.com/lipodystrophy/