Hypertension among people living with human immunodeficiency virus receiving care at referral hospitals of Northwest Ethiopia: A cross-sectional study.
Alemu GebriePublished in: PloS one (2020)
Hypertension is not uncommon in patients living with HIV. Educational status, monthly income, waist circumference, concomitant drug therapy and duration of antiretroviral therapy are linked with hypertension. The finding pinpoints that health care providers should work up on risk factors to reduce the burden of hypertension among the patients.
Keyphrases
- human immunodeficiency virus
- blood pressure
- healthcare
- antiretroviral therapy
- risk factors
- end stage renal disease
- newly diagnosed
- body mass index
- chronic kidney disease
- ejection fraction
- hepatitis c virus
- stem cells
- hiv aids
- mental health
- hiv positive
- emergency department
- hiv infected patients
- south africa
- electronic health record
- drug induced