Time to incident hypertension and independent predictors among people living with HIV in Nigeria.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Understanding the time to hypertension occurrence after antiretroviral treatment (ART) initiation in people living with HIV (PLHIV) and its determinants is important for designing interventions for control.

Objective

This study sought to estimate the median time of ART use to hypertension onset and its predictors in Nigerian PLHIV.

Design

A retrospective longitudinal study.

Methods

This retrospective review of 2503 normotensive adult PLHIV (⩾18 years) from 2004 to 2020 in two HIV clinics in Nigeria. Incident hypertension was based on clinical diagnosis or two consecutive blood pressure readings ⩾140/90 mmHg, taken during the 8 months of data collection. Survival event was defined as incident hypertension during follow-up or interview day for observed

SUBMITTER: Ajayi OA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11489917 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jan-Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature