Background: The pre-pubertal socioeconomic environment may be an important
determinant of age at menarche, adult height, body proportions and adiposity: traits closely …

Objectives To determine the prevalence of cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk factors and
explore associations with high-sensitivity cardiac troponin I (hscTnI) and high-sensitivity C …

Objective: The African HIV epidemic is aging, yet HIV testing behavior studies either exclude
older persons or include too few to say much about age differences. Method: Strategically …

Background: Despite increasing obesity in South African adults, data on the prevalence and
determinants of body mass index (BMI) from rural communities, home to a significant …

Background Investigate the relationship between two common cardiovascular diseases and
HIV in adults living in sub-Saharan Africa using population data provided through the …

Introduction Suboptimal diet and physical inactivity downgrade the putative benefits of
Antiretroviral Therapy (ART) among People Living with HIV (PLWH). However, there 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 Life expectancy is increasing in the HIV-positive population and age-related
non-communicable diseases, such as cardiovascular disease,(CVD) are seen more …

Introduction HIV infected persons are twofold likely to experience a heart attack, stroke, and
other forms of Cardiometabolic Syndrome (CMetS). Methods Electronic searches of …

Objectives There is a scarcity of longitudinal cohort studies in sub-Saharan Africa to
understand the epidemiology of cardiovascular disease as a basis for intervention. We …