Ideal Cardiovascular Health: Distribution, Determinants and Relationship with Health Status among People Living with HIV in Urban Tanzania.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Ageing adults living with HIV (ALHIV) have increased risk of cardiovascular diseases as a result of HIV-infection-related chronic immune activation and inflammatory responses. Cardiovascular health index (CVHI) is a valid and relatively simple index for assessing the cardiovascular health (CVH) of the general population. Use of this index among ALHIV in Sub Saharan Africa, a resource-restricted setting where it could be mostly beneficial, remains limited. Understanding of the distribution and associated factors may inform the design of optimal interventions to improve CVH of ALHIV.

Objective

We aimed to assess the distribution and factors associated with CVHI scores among ALHIV in an urban setting in Tanzania.

Methods

A cross-sectional study was conducted a

SUBMITTER: Ottaru TA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9562968 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature