Population-Based Assessment of Hypertension Epidemiology and Risk Factors among HIV-Positive and General Populations in Rural Uganda

Antiretroviral therapy scale-up in Sub-Saharan Africa has created a growing, aging HIV-positive population at risk for non-communicable diseases such as hypertension. However, the prevalence and risk factors for hypertension in this population remain incompletely understood. We measured blood pressu...

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Veröffentlicht in:	PloS one 2016-05, Vol.11 (5), p.e0156309-e0156309
Hauptverfasser:	Kwarisiima, Dalsone, Balzer, Laura, Heller, David, Kotwani, Prashant, Chamie, Gabriel, Clark, Tamara, Ayieko, James, Mwangwa, Florence, Jain, Vivek, Byonanebye, Dathan, Petersen, Maya, Havlir, Diane, Kamya, Moses R
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Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Acquired immune deficiency syndrome Adolescent Adult Adults Age Aged Aging AIDS Alcohol use Alcoholic beverages Analysis Antiretroviral agents Antiretroviral therapy Biology and Life Sciences Blood Blood pressure Body mass Cardiovascular disease Collaboration Complications and side effects Demographics Diabetes Drugs Epidemiology Female Health aspects Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice Health promotion Health risks HIV HIV Infections - complications HIV patients Human immunodeficiency virus Humans Hypertension Hypertension - complications Hypertension - epidemiology Hypertension - therapy Industrialized nations Infections Infectious diseases Lentivirus Male Measurement methods Medicine and Health Sciences Middle Aged Mortality Patient outcomes Patients People and Places Physical Sciences Population Prevalence Risk analysis Risk Factors Rural communities Rural Population - statistics & numerical data Rural populations Uganda - epidemiology Young Adult
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