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Participants with a history of hypertension, diabetes mellitus, cardiovascular disease, cancer, or intravenous drug use were excluded. Markers of arterial stiffness, including carotid\u2013femoral pulse wave velocity (cfPWV) and augmentation index adjusted to 75 beats per minute (AIx@75), were measured via applanation tonometry. We analyzed the relative expression of 11 circulating miRNAs using real-time PCR: let-7b-5p, miR-19b-3p, miR-21-5p, miR-29a-3p, miR-126-3p, miR-130a-3p, miR-145-5p, miR-181b-5p, miR-221-3p, miR-222-3p, and miR-223-3p. cfPWV was significantly higher in PWH compared to people without HIV (9.3 vs. 8.6 m\/s, p = 0.019), while AIx@75, peripheral, and aortic blood pressures did not differ among groups. The relative expression of circulating miRNAs was significantly higher in PWH compared to controls for let-7b-5p (fold change: 5.24, p = 0.027), miR-21-5p (fold change: 3.41, p &lt; 0.001), miR-126-3p (fold change: 1.23, p = 0.019), and miR-222-3p (fold change: 3.31, p = 0.002). Conversely, the relative expression of circulating miR-19b-3p was significantly lower in PWH (fold change: 0.61, p = 0.049). Among HIV-related factors, the nadir CD4+T-cell count of &lt;200 cells\/mm3 was independently associated with the relative expression of circulating let-7b-5p (\u03b2 = 0.344, p = 0.049), while current non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor (NNRTI) treatment was independently associated with the relative expression of circulating miR-126-3p (\u03b2 = 0.389, p = 0.010). No associations were found between the duration of HIV infection or the duration of ART and the serum miRNA expression. 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