Global prevalence of hypertension among people living with HIV: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Y Xu, X Chen, K Wang - Journal of the American Society of Hypertension, 2017 - Elsevier
The purpose of this study was to estimate, through meta-analysis, the global prevalence of
hypertension among people living with HIV (PLWH). A total of 49 studies published during …

[HTML][HTML] New HIV diagnoses among adults aged 50 years or older in 31 European countries, 2004–15: an analysis of surveillance data

L Tavoschi, JG Dias, A Pharris, D Schmid, A Sasse… - The lancet HIV, 2017 - thelancet.com
Background The HIV burden is increasing in older adults in the European Union (EU) and
European Economic Area (EEA). We investigated factors associated with HIV diagnosis in …

A superiority of viral load over CD4 cell count when predicting mortality in HIV patients on therapy

C Shoko, D Chikobvu - BMC infectious diseases, 2019 - Springer
Background CD4 cell count has been identified to be an essential component in monitoring
HIV treatment outcome. However, CD4 cell count monitoring sometimes fails to predict …

Demographic and epidemiological characteristics of HIV opportunistic infections among older adults in Nigeria

JO Akinyemi, BO Ogunbosi, AS Fayemiwo… - African health …, 2017 - ajol.info
Background: In view of the maturing HIV epidemic in sub-Saharan Africa, better
understanding of its epidemiology among older adults is necessary in order to design …

Hypertension among people living with human immunodeficiency virus receiving care at referral hospitals of Northwest Ethiopia: a cross-sectional study

A Gebrie - PLoS One, 2020 - journals.plos.org
Introduction Hypertension among HIV positive patients in low-and middle-income countries
has got little attention and data on the problem is limited in Ethiopia. Hence, this study aims …

Effect of HIV-1 subtypes on disease progression in rural Uganda: a prospective clinical cohort study

D Ssemwanga, RN Nsubuga, BN Mayanja, F Lyagoba… - PloS one, 2013 - journals.plos.org
Objective We examined the association of HIV-1 subtypes with disease progression based
on three viral gene regions. Design A prospective HIV-1 clinical cohort study in rural …

Characteristics and outcome of patients diagnosed with HIV at older age

I Asher, KM Guri, D Elbirt, SR Bezalel, F Maldarelli… - Medicine, 2016 - journals.lww.com
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Survival of people aged 50 years and older by HIV and HIV treatment status: findings from three waves of the SAGE-Wellbeing of Older People Study (SAGE-WOPS) …

J Mugisha Okello, S Nash, P Kowal, N Naidoo… - AIDS Research and …, 2020 - Springer
Background Data on the survival status of older adults on antiretroviral treatment (ART) are
scarce in sub-Saharan Africa. The objective of this study was to determine the survival status …

Prevalence of non-AIDS comorbidities and factors associated with metabolic complications among HIV-Infected patients at a Thai referral hospital

C Nakaranurack, W Manosuthi - Journal of the International …, 2018 - journals.sagepub.com
Objectives: The prevalence of non-AIDS-related comorbidities is increasing in HIV-infected
patients receiving antiretroviral therapy. In Thailand, data regarding the prevalence of non …

Elderly HIV-positive women: A gender-based analysis from the Multicenter Italian “GEPPO” Cohort

E Focà, P Magro, G Guaraldi, A Riva, AM Cattelan… - PloS one, 2019 - journals.plos.org
Background HIV-positive patients are facing age-and disease-related comorbidities. Since
gender differences in viro-immunological, clinical and therapeutic features have been …