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Integrated Hypertension and HIV Care Cascades in an HIV Treatment Program in Eastern Uganda: A Retrospective Cohort Study.
Muddu M, Tusubira AK, Sharma SK, Akiteng AR, Ssinabulya I, Schwartz JI. Integrated Hypertension and HIV Care Cascades in an HIV Treatment Program in Eastern Uganda: A Retrospective Cohort Study. JAIDS Journal Of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes 2019, 81: 552-561. PMID: 31045649, PMCID: PMC6625912, DOI: 10.1097/qai.0000000000002067.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRetrospective cohort studyCare cascadeHIV careCohort studyHIV programsPrimary cardiovascular disease risk factorsCardiovascular disease risk factorsHIV care cascadeHIV care programsBlood pressure controlProportion of patientsDisease risk factorsHIV treatment programsViral load monitoringManagement of hypertensionHIV clinicEastern UgandaHIV treatmentRisk factorsCardiovascular diseaseHypertensionCare programPressure controlTreatment programHIV
2024
Time to blood pressure control and predictors among patients receiving integrated treatment for hypertension and HIV based on an adapted WHO HEARTS implementation strategy at a large urban HIV clinic in Uganda
Amutuhaire W, Semitala F, Kimera I, Namugenyi C, Mulindwa F, Ssenyonjo R, Katwesigye R, Mugabe F, Mutungi G, Ssinabulya I, Schwartz J, Katahoire A, Musoke L, Yendewa G, Longenecker C, Muddu M. Time to blood pressure control and predictors among patients receiving integrated treatment for hypertension and HIV based on an adapted WHO HEARTS implementation strategy at a large urban HIV clinic in Uganda. Journal Of Human Hypertension 2024, 38: 452-459. PMID: 38302611, PMCID: PMC11076202, DOI: 10.1038/s41371-024-00897-3.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchBP controlDuo-therapyAmlodipine 5Blood pressureWorld Health OrganizationMono-therapyCox proportional hazards analysisUrban HIV clinicCox proportional hazards modelsProportional hazards analysisBlood pressure controlAnti-hypertensive treatmentStage I hypertensionHIV care settingsProportional hazards modelHypertensive PLHIVMonotherapy groupPill burdenHIV clinicCohort studySystolic BPHazards modelPressure controlPatientsMmHg
2022
Factors associated with blood pressure control in patients with hypertension and HIV at a large urban HIV clinic in Uganda
Musimbaggo D, Kimera I, Namugenyi C, Schwartz J, Ssenyonjo R, Ambangira F, Kizza L, Mbuliro M, Katwesigye R, Ssinabulya I, Muddu M, Neupane D, Olsen M, Pareek M, Semitala F. Factors associated with blood pressure control in patients with hypertension and HIV at a large urban HIV clinic in Uganda. Journal Of Human Hypertension 2022, 38: 345-351. PMID: 36476778, PMCID: PMC11001571, DOI: 10.1038/s41371-022-00786-7.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchBlood pressure controlComorbid diabetes mellitusDiabetes mellitusPressure controlBlood pressureHIV statusCardiovascular diseaseLarge urban HIV clinicPoor blood pressure controlImportant preventable risk factorBlood pressure targetsIndividual HIV statusUrban HIV clinicPreventable risk factorsHIV status disclosureMultivariable logistic regressionAntihypertensive treatmentAntiretroviral therapyHIV clinicHypertension careSubpopulation of personsPressure targetsBaseline factorsHypertensive personsIntegrated HIV