Ideal Cardiovascular Health: Distribution, Determinants and Relationship with Health Status among People Living with HIV in Urban Tanzania
Background: Ageing adults living with HIV (ALHIV) have increased risk of cardiovascular diseases as a result of HIV-infection-related chronic immune activation and inflammatory responses. Cardiovascular health index (CVHI) is a valid and relatively simple index for assessing the cardiovascular healt...
Main Authors: | Theresia A. Ottaru, Gideon P. Kwesigabo, Zeeshan Butt, Adovich S. Rivera, Pilly Chillo, Helen Siril, Lisa R. Hirschhorn, Matthew J. Feinstein, Claudia Hawkins |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Ubiquity Press
2022-10-01
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Series: | Global Heart |
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Online Access: | https://globalheartjournal.com/articles/1157 |
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