Missed Opportunities to Address Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factors amongst Adults Attending an Urban HIV Clinic in South Africa.
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SUBMITTER: Rabkin M
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4598081 | biostudies-literature | 2015
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Missed Opportunities to Address Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factors amongst Adults Attending an Urban HIV Clinic in South Africa.
Rabkin Miriam M Mutiti Anthony A Chung Christine C Zhang Yuan Y Wei Ying Y El-Sadr Wafaa M WM
PloS one 20151008 10
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 very few (3.6%) had a 10-year CVD risk >10%. One-third of those with HBP, 40% of those with diabetes, and two-thirds of those with high cholesterol had not previously been diagnosed. Although particip ...[more]
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