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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...
Autores principales: | Rabkin, Miriam, Mutiti, Anthony, Chung, Christine, Zhang, Yuan, Wei, Ying, El-Sadr, Wafaa M. |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Public Library of Science
2015
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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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