Cohort profile: Noncommunicable diseases and ideal cardiovascular health among people living with and without HIV in Zambia and Zimbabwe (NCDzz cohort).

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

The NCDzz study is a prospective cohort of people living with and without HIV attending primary care clinics in Zambia and Zimbabwe and was established in 2019 to understand the intersection between noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) and HIV in Southern Africa. Here, we describe the study design and population and evaluate their ideal cardiovascular health (ICVH) using the Life's Simple 7 (LS7) score according to the American Heart Association.

Participants

Antiretroviral therapy-naïve people living with HIV (PLWH) and people living without HIV (PLWOH) 30 years or older were recruited from three primary care clinics in Lusaka and Harare, and underwent comprehensive clinical, laboratory and behavioural assessments. All study measurements are repeated during yearly follow

SUBMITTER: Chihota BV 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11808894 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature