Population-Based Assessment of Hypertension Epidemiology and Risk Factors among HIV-Positive and General Populations in Rural Uganda.

Population-Based Assessment of Hypertension Epidemiology and Risk Factors among HIV-Positive and General Populations in Rural Uganda.

BACKGROUND:Antiretroviral therapy scale-up in Sub-Saharan Africa has created a growing, aging HIV-positive population at risk for non-communicable diseases such as hypertension. However, the prevalence and risk factors for hypertension in this population remain incompletely understood. METHODS:We me...

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Main Authors: Dalsone Kwarisiima, Laura Balzer, David Heller, Prashant Kotwani, Gabriel Chamie, Tamara Clark, James Ayieko, Florence Mwangwa, Vivek Jain, Dathan Byonanebye, Maya Petersen, Diane Havlir, Moses R Kamya
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2016-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4883789?pdf=render

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