Missed Opportunities to Address Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factors amongst Adults Attending an Urban HIV Clinic in South Africa

We assessed cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk factor prevalence and risk stratification amongst adults on antiretroviral therapy in South Africa. Of the 175 patients screened, 37.8% had high blood pressure (HBP), 15.4% were current smokers, 10.4% had elevated cholesterol, and 4.1% had diabetes, but...

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Autores principales: Rabkin, Miriam, Mutiti, Anthony, Chung, Christine, Zhang, Yuan, Wei, Ying, El-Sadr, Wafaa M.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2015
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4598081/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26447777
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0140298

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4598081/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26447777
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0140298

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