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ArticleJournal of clinical hypertension (Greenwich, Conn.)2019

Characteristics of hypertension among people living with HIV in Ghana: Impact of new hypertension guideline.

Fred Stephen Sarfo, Michelle Nichols, Arti Singh, Yasmine Hardy, Betty Norman, Gideon Mensah, Ralle Tagge, Carolyn Jenkins, Bruce Ovbiagele

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Article in Journal of clinical hypertension (Greenwich, Conn.), 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 25 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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9 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

Fred Stephen SarfoKwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana.ORCID 0000-0001-7274-5093
Michelle NicholsMedical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina.ORCID 0000-0002-2078-9649
Arti SinghKwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana.
Yasmine HardyKomfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, Kumasi, Ghana.
Betty NormanKwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana.
Gideon MensahKomfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, Kumasi, Ghana.
Ralle TaggeMedical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina.
Carolyn JenkinsMedical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina.
Bruce OvbiageleUniversity of California, San Francisco, California.
Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital · GHMedical University of South Carolina · USKwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology · GHUniversity of California, San Francisco · US

Funding

Evaluation of Vascular Event Risk while on Long-term Antiretroviral Suppressive Treatment (EVERLAST)R21TW010479 · FIC · NORTHERN CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE/RES/EDU · PI OVBIAGELE, BRUCE, SARFO, FRED STEPHEN · 2016 to 2017
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FIC NIH HHS R21 TW010479
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Data on the burden of hypertension among people living with HIV (PLWH) in Africa are limited, especially after new expert consensus hypertension guidelines were published in 2017. The authors sought to assess the prevalence and factors associated with hypertension among PLWH. This is a cross-sectional study involving PLWH on combination antiretroviral therapy (cART) (n = 250) compared with sex-matched cART-naïve PLWH (n = 201) in Ghana. Hypertension was defined as blood pressure ≥ 140/90 mm Hg or use of antihypertensive drugs. The authors also assessed the prevalence and predictors associated with hypertension using the recent guideline recommended cutoff BP ≥ 130/80 mm Hg. Multivariate logistic regression models were fitted to identify factors associated with hypertension among PLWH. The mean age of PLWH on cART was 45.7 ± 8.6 years, and 42.9 ± 8.8 years among PLWH cART-naive with 81% of study participants being women. The prevalence of hypertension among PLWH on cART and PLWH cART-naïve was 36.9% and 23.4%, P = 0.002 at BP ≥ 140/90 mm Hg and 57.2% and 42.3%, respectively, P = 0.0009, at BP ≥ 130/80 mm Hg. Factors associated with hypertension at BP ≥ 140/90 mm Hg in the PLWH group with adjusted odds ratio (95% CI) were increasing age, 2.08 (1.60-2.71) per 10 years, and body mass index, 1.53 (1.24-1.88) per 5 kg/m

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AdultAntihypertensive AgentsAnti-Retroviral AgentsAttitude to HealthBlood PressureBody Mass IndexCardiovascular DiseasesCase-Control StudiesCross-Sectional StudiesDrug Therapy, CombinationFemaleGhanaGlobal Burden of DiseaseGuidelines as TopicHIV InfectionsHumansAntihypertensive AgentsAnti-Retroviral AgentsGhanaHIVhypertensionnew guideline definition

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PMCPMC6699754
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