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Observational studyMedicine2018

Prevalence, detection, treatment, and control of hypertension in human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected patients attending HIV clinics in the Western Cape Province, South Africa.

Muyunda Mutemwa, Nasheeta Peer, Anniza de Villiers, Barbara Mukasa, Tandi E Matsha, Edward J Mills, Andre Pascal Kengne

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Observational study in Medicine, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 27 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

27 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 42 citations in OpenAlex.

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  4. Physical activity and hypertension amongst HIV-positive and HIV-negative populations in rural South Africa.Hypertension research : official journal of the Japanese Society of Hypertension · 2026
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 5 institutions in 3 countries.

Muyunda MutemwaNon-Communicable Diseases Research Unit, South African Medical Research Council Department of Medicine, University of Cape Town United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), Mildmay, Uganda Department of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Health and Wellness Science, Cape Peninsula University of Technology, Cape Town, South Africa Global Evaluation Science, Vancouver, Canada.
Nasheeta Peer
Anniza de Villiers
Barbara Mukasa
Tandi E Matsha
Edward J Mills
Andre Pascal Kengne
South African Medical Research Council · ZACape Peninsula University of Technology · ZACentre for Health Evaluation and Outcome Sciences · CAMildmay Uganda · UGUniversity of Cape Town · ZA

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Representative data on the prevalence of hypertension, a major non-infectious comorbidity in human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected people, is lacking. We assessed the prevalence, awareness, treatment, and control, as well as determinants of hypertension in HIV-infected adults in South Africa.A cross-sectional survey was conducted between March 2014 and February 2015 in a random sample of 827 adults (77.7% women), receiving care for HIV infection at 17 randomly selected public health facilities across the Western Cape Province, South Africa.Participants' mean age was 38.4 years overall, 41.1 years in men and 37.7 years in women (P < .001). The median diagnosed duration of HIV infection, similar in men and women, was 5 years, while the median CD4 count was 381 cell/mm. Age-standardized prevalence, awareness, treatment, and control of hypertension was 38.6% (95% CI: 34.3-42.9), 46.3% (37.7-54.9), 76.4% (61.1-91.7), and 81.1% (62.9-99.3) in the overall sample; 40.0% (30.0-50.0), 36.3% (17.6-55.0), 84.8% (38.3-131.3), and 87.0% (38.2-135.8) in men; and 37.7% (32.9-42.5), 48.9% (38.9-58.9), 75.8% (59.1-92.5), and 81.3% (61.1-101.5) in women. Age and education were weakly associated with prevalent hypertension, while CD4 count and diagnosed duration of HIV infection were unrelated to prevalent hypertension.Similar to reports in the general population in this and other countries in the region, hypertension is frequent in young South Africans receiving care for HIV infection, with similar diagnostic and treatment gaps. Integrating HIV and non-communicable disease (NCD) prevention and care will, at least in part, reduce missed opportunities for implementing NCD prevention in HIV-infected people in care.

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AdultAmbulatory Care FacilitiesAntihypertensive AgentsAwarenessBlood PressureCross-Sectional StudiesFemaleHIV InfectionsHumansHypertensionMaleMiddle AgedPrevalenceRisk FactorsSouth AfricaAntihypertensive Agents

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PMID30170445
PMCPMC6392528
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