Hypertension and traditional risk factors for cardiovascular diseases among treatment naive HIV- infected adults initiating antiretroviral therapy in Urban Tanzania.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) have become an important cause of ill health and death among people living with HIV and/or AIDS (PLHIV) in the antiretroviral therapy (ART) era. There is scarce data on the burden of hypertension (HTN) and risk factors for CVDs among PLHIV in developing countries, including Tanzania during the ART era.

Objective(s)

To determine the prevalence of HTN and risk factors for CVDs among ART naïve PLHIV initiating ART.

Methods

We analysed baseline data of 430 clinical trial participants on the effect of low-dose aspirin on HIV disease progression among HIV-infected individuals initiating ART. HTN was the outcome CVD. Traditional risk factors for CVDs studied were age, alcohol consumption, cigarette smoking, individual and family hist

SUBMITTER: Mwakyandile TM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10283332 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature