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| Arruda Junior,Evanizio Roque de; Lacerda,Heloisa Ramos; Moura,Libia Cristina Rocha Vilela; Albuquerque,Maria de Fatima Pessoa Militão de; Miranda Filho,Democrito de Barros; Diniz,George Tadeu Nunes; Albuquerque,Valeria Maria Gonçalves de; Amaral,Josefina Cláudia Zirpoli; Ximenes,Ricardo Alencar de Arraes; Monteiro,Verônica Soares. |
| INTRODUCTION: Studies disagree as to whether there is a greater prevalence of hypertension among HIV/AIDS patients and the role of antiretroviral therapy. OBJECTIVE: Evaluate the prevalence of hypertension and risk factors in a cohort of HIV-infected patients, with emphasis on antiretroviral therapy. METHOD: Case-control study conducted at baseline of a cohort, between June/2007 and December/2008 in Pernambuco/Brazil. Blood pressure was classified as normal, prehypertension, and hypertension. RESULTS: Of 958 patients, 245 (25.6%) had hypertension (cases), 325 (33.9%) had prehypertension, and 388 (40.5%) were normotensive (controls). Comparison between hypertensive and normotensive patients showed that traditional factors, such as age > 40 (OR = 3.06, CI... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: HIV/AIDS; Hypertension; Antiretroviral therapy; Cardiovascular risk. |
| Ano: 2010 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1413-86702010000300014 |
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