Hypertension among people living with HIV/AIDS in Cameroon: A cross-sectional analysis from Central Africa International Epidemiology Databases to Evaluate AIDS.
Anastase DzudieDonald HooverHae-Young KimRogers AjehAdebola AdedimejiQiuhu ShiWalter Pefura YoneDenis Nsame NforniweKinge Thompson NjieAndre Pascal KengnePeter Vanes EbasoneBlaise BarcheZoung-Kany Bissek Anne CecileDenis NashMarcel YotebiengKathryn AnastosPublished in: PloS one (2021)
About a quarter of these Cameroonian PLWH had HTN, driven among others by age and adiposity. Appropriate integration of HIV and NCDs services is needed to improve early detection, treatment and control of common comorbid NCD risk factors like hypertension and safeguard cardiovascular health in PLWH.
Keyphrases
- antiretroviral therapy
- risk factors
- blood pressure
- hiv infected
- hiv positive
- human immunodeficiency virus
- hiv aids
- healthcare
- hepatitis c virus
- hiv testing
- primary care
- insulin resistance
- mental health
- men who have sex with men
- type diabetes
- adipose tissue
- big data
- skeletal muscle
- metabolic syndrome
- weight gain
- arterial hypertension
- affordable care act