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

• Main Authors: Theresia A. Ottaru (Author), Gideon P. Kwesigabo (Author), Zeeshan Butt (Author), Adovich S. Rivera (Author), Pilly Chillo (Author), Helen Siril (Author), Lisa R. Hirschhorn (Author), Matthew J. Feinstein (Author), Claudia Hawkins (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Ubiquity Press, 2022-10-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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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 healt...