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Elevated N-terminal prohormone of brain natriuretic peptide among persons living with HIV in a South African peri-urban township.


ABSTRACT: AIMS:Efforts to improve access to antiretroviral therapy (ART) have shifted morbidity and mortality among persons living with HIV (PLWH) from AIDS to non-communicable diseases, such as cardiovascular disease (CVD). However, contemporary data on CVD among PLWH in sub-Saharan Africa in the current ART era are lacking. The aim of this study was to assess the burden of cardiac stress among PLWH in South Africa via measurement of N-terminal prohormone of brain natriuretic peptide (NT-proBNP). METHODS AND RESULTS:NT-proBNP was measured at baseline in 224 PLWH enrolled in a sub-study of a tuberculosis vaccine trial in Khayelitsha township near Cape Town, South Africa. Thresholds were applied at the assay's limit of detection (?137 pg/mL) and a level indicative of symptomatic heart failure in the acute setting (>300 pg/mL). Mean (SD) age of participants was 39 (6) years, 86% were female, and 19% were hypertensive. Mean (SD) duration of HIV diagnosis was 8.3 (3.9) years and CD4 + count was 673 (267) with 79% prescribed ART for a duration of 5.6 (2.7) years. Thirty-one percent of participants had NT-proBNP > 300 pg/mL. Elevated vs. undetectable NT-proBNP level was associated with older age (P = 0.04), no ART (P = 0.03), and higher plasma tumour necrosis factor-? (P = 0.01). CONCLUSIONS:Among South African PLWH largely free of known CVD and on ART with high CD4 + counts and few comorbidities, we observed a high proportion with elevated NT-proBNP levels, suggesting the burden of cardiac stress in this population may be high. This observation underscores the need for more in-depth research, including the current effect of HIV on heart failure risk among a growing ART-treated population in sub-Saharan Africa.

SUBMITTER: Peterson TE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7524119 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Elevated N-terminal prohormone of brain natriuretic peptide among persons living with HIV in a South African peri-urban township.

Peterson Tess E TE   Baker Jason V JV   Wong Lye-Yeng LY   Rupert Adam A   Ntusi Ntobeko A B NAB   Esmail Hanif H   Wilkinson Robert R   Sereti Irini I   Meintjes Graeme G   Ntsekhe Mpiko M   Thienemann Friedrich F  

ESC heart failure 20200625 5


<h4>Aims</h4>Efforts to improve access to antiretroviral therapy (ART) have shifted morbidity and mortality among persons living with HIV (PLWH) from AIDS to non-communicable diseases, such as cardiovascular disease (CVD). However, contemporary data on CVD among PLWH in sub-Saharan Africa in the current ART era are lacking. The aim of this study was to assess the burden of cardiac stress among PLWH in South Africa via measurement of N-terminal prohormone of brain natriuretic peptide (NT-proBNP).  ...[more]

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