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SUBMITTER: Siedner MJ
PROVIDER: S-EPMC8477876 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Siedner Mark J MJ Bibangambah Prossy P Kim June-Ho JH Lankowski Alexander A Chang Jonathan L JL Yang Isabelle T IT Kwon Douglas S DS North Crystal M CM Triant Virginia A VA Longenecker Christopher C Ghoshhajra Brian B Peck Robert N RN Sentongo Ruth N RN Gilbert Rebecca R Kakuhikire Bernard B Boum Yap Y Haberer Jessica E JE Martin Jeffrey N JN Tracy Russell R Hunt Peter W PW Bangsberg David R DR Tsai Alexander C AC Hemphill Linda C LC Okello Samson S
Journal of the American Heart Association 20210605 12
Background Although ≈70% of the world's population of people living with HIV reside in sub-Saharan Africa, there are minimal prospective data on the contributions of HIV infection to atherosclerosis in the region. Methods and Results We conducted a prospective observational cohort study of people living with HIV on antiretroviral therapy >40 years of age in rural Uganda, along with population-based comparators not infected with HIV. We collected data on cardiovascular disease risk factors and ca ...[more]