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Population-Based Assessment of Hypertension Epidemiology and Risk Factors among HIV-Positive and General Populations in Rural Uganda

BACKGROUND: Antiretroviral therapy scale-up in Sub-Saharan Africa has created a growing, aging HIV-positive population at risk for non-communicable diseases such as hypertension. However, the prevalence and risk factors for hypertension in this population remain incompletely understood. METHODS: We...

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Autores principales: Kwarisiima, Dalsone, Balzer, Laura, Heller, David, Kotwani, Prashant, Chamie, Gabriel, Clark, Tamara, Ayieko, James, Mwangwa, Florence, Jain, Vivek, Byonanebye, Dathan, Petersen, Maya, Havlir, Diane, Kamya, Moses R.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4883789/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27232186
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0156309