Epidemiology of Coronary Atherosclerosis Among People Living With HIV in Uganda : A Cross-Sectional Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Data on the prevalence of coronary atherosclerotic disease (CAD) in the African region among people with and without HIV are lacking.

Objective

To estimate the prevalence of CAD in Uganda and determine whether well-controlled HIV infection is associated with increased presence or severity of CAD.

Design

Cross-sectional study.

Setting

Southwestern Uganda.

Participants

Ambulatory people living with HIV (PWH), aged older than 40 years, taking antiretroviral therapy for 3 or more years, and population-based, age- and sex-similar people without HIV (PWoH).

Measurements

Participants had cardiovascular (CV) disease (CVD) risk profiling and computed tomography scanning for detection of CAD, defined as the presence of calcified or noncalcified p

SUBMITTER: Siedner MJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12022967 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature