Increased prevalence of hypertension among people living with HIV: where to begin?
Aldrey Nascimento CostaFernando Fonseca Almeida ValÁlvaro Elias MacedoNadia Cubas-VegaPaola López Del TejoMarly M MarquesAristóteles Comte de Alencar FilhoMarcus Vinicius Guimarães de LacerdaPublished in: Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical (2020)
An increased prevalence of hypertension was found, and most of the hypertensive participants were unaware of their hypertensive status. In addition, blood pressure control was poor in the study population. This indicated that public health professionals did not sufficiently consider the full spectrum of healthcare and disease management for PLHIV.