Background To inform health care and training, resource and research priorities, it is
essential to establish how non-communicable disease risk factors vary by HIV-status in high …

Background The largest proportion of people living with HIV resides in sub-Saharan Africa
(SSA). Evidence from developed countries suggests that HIV infection increases the relative …

Objectives Cardiovascular disease (CVD) burden is increasing among persons living with
HIV (PLWH) in sub-Saharan Africa. It is unclear whether this reflects absolute increase in …

Background HIV is associated with an increased risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD) in
high‐income countries. Little is known about the CVD burden in sub‐Saharan Africa, where …

As longevity has increased for people living with HIV (PLWH) in the United States and
Europe, there has been a concomitant increase in the prevalence of cardiovascular disease …

From a global perspective, cardiovascular disease (CVD) in human immunodeficiency virus
(HIV) may result from cardiac involvement upon presentation of opportunistic infections in …

Background The use of antiretroviral treatment is known to be accompanied by several
negative health outcomes and may negatively affect a country such as South Africa, which is …

Objectives Socio‐economic factors and lifestyle are known to differ across geographies and
populations, which may result in distinct risk profiles for cardiovascular disease (CVD). This …

Background A consequence of the widespread uptake of anti-retroviral therapy (ART) is that
the older South African population will experience an increase in life expectancy, increasing …

Introduction: We investigated the prevalence, predictors of and effect of Antiretroviral
Therapy (ART) regimen on cardiometabolic risk among HIV-positive Ugandan adults at …