Hypertension and associated risk factors in individuals infected with HIV on antiretroviral therapy at an urban HIV clinic in Uganda

• Main Authors: Aggrey S Semeere, MMed MAS (Author), Joseph Sempa, MSc (Author), Issac Lwanga, MMed (Author), Rosalind Parkes-Ratanshi, MRCP PhD (Author), Andrew Kambugu, MMed (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2014-05-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: Scale-up of antiretroviral therapy (ART) might precipitate an increase in non-communicable diseases (NCDs) in adults infected with HIV in sub-Saharan Africa based on data from resource-rich settings. Hypertension is a major modifiable risk factor for cerebrovascular and cardiovascular NC...