Incidence and risk factors for hypertension among HIV patients in rural Tanzania - A prospective cohort study.

Incidence and risk factors for hypertension among HIV patients in rural Tanzania - A prospective cohort study.

INTRODUCTION:Scarce data are available on the epidemiology of hypertension among HIV patients in rural sub-Saharan Africa. We explored the prevalence, incidence and risk factors for incident hypertension among patients who were enrolled in a rural HIV cohort in Tanzania. METHODS:Prospective longitud...

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Main Authors: Eduardo Rodríguez-Arbolí, Kim Mwamelo, Aneth Vedastus Kalinjuma, Hansjakob Furrer, Christoph Hatz, Marcel Tanner, Manuel Battegay, Emilio Letang, KIULARCO Study Group
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5342176?pdf=render

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