ArticlePloS one2016
Ecological Study of HIV Infection and Hypertension in Sub-Saharan Africa: Is There a Double Burden of Disease?
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11 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Does Engagement in HIV Care Affect Screening, Diagnosis, and Control of Noncommunicable Diseases in Sub-Saharan Africa? A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.AIDS and behavior · 2024Pooled it
- Noncommunicable diseases among HIV-infected persons in low-income and middle-income countries: a systematic review and meta-analysis.AIDS (London, England) · 2018Pooled it
- Quality of Life among HIV Patients with NCDs Receiving Antiretroviral Therapy in Wakiso District, Uganda: Exploring Key Determinants.African health sciences · 2025Article
- Socioeconomic Macro-Level Determinants of Hypertension: Ecological Analysis of 138 Low- and Middle-Income Countries.Journal of cardiovascular development and disease · 2023Article
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- Prevalence and control of hypertension among people living with HIV receiving care at a Nigerian hospital.The Pan African medical journal · 2022Article
- Temporal trends in food group availability and cancer incidence in Africa: an ecological analysis.Public health nutrition · 2019Article
- HIV and Cardiovascular Disease: Update on Clinical Events, Special Populations, and Novel Biomarkers.Current HIV/AIDS reports · 2018Review
- The impact of HIV prevalence, conflict, corruption, and GDP/capita on treatment cascades: data from 137 countries.Journal of virus eradication · 2018Article
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- Assessment and associated factors of comprehensive HIV knowledge in an at-risk population: a cross-sectional study from 19,286 young persons in Nigeria.Therapeutic advances in infectious diseaseArticle
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methodsData on prevalence of hypertension were derived from a systematic search of literature published between 1975 and 2014 with corresponding national estimates on HIV prevalence and antiretroviral therapy (ART) coverage from the Demographic and Health Surveys and the joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS databases. National estimates on gross national income (GNI) and under-five mortality were obtained from the World Bank database. Linear regression analyses using robust standard errors (allowing for clustering at country level) were carried out for associations of age-standardised hypertension prevalence ratios (standardized to rural Uganda's hypertension prevalence data) with HIV prevalence, adjusted for national indicators, year of study and sex of the study population.
resultsIn total, 140 estimates of prevalence of hypertension representing 25 nations were sex-and area-matched with corresponding HIV prevalence. A two-fold increase in HIV prevalence was associated with a 9.29% increase in age, sex and study year-adjusted prevalence ratio for hypertension (95% CI 2.0 to 16.5, p = 0.01), which increased to 16.3% (95% CI 9.3 to 21.1) after adjusting for under-five mortality, GNI per capita and ART coverage.
conclusionsCountries with a pronounced burden of HIV may also have an increased burden of non-communicable diseases such as hypertension with potential economic and health systems implications.
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