María Consuelo Sáiz-Manzanares, Laura Alonso-Martínez, Alberto Calvo Rodríguez, Caroline Martin
Project-Based Learning Guidelines for Health Sciences Students: An Analysis with Data Mining and Qualitative Techniques
Journal of visualized experiments : JoVE
low middleincome countries face dual problem infectious noninfectious diseases persons living hivaids plhiv also risk cardiovascular diseases hence study determine prevalence cardiovascular risk factors cvrf among plhiv find factors associated carried crosssectional analytical study among adults aged 18 years registered facilityintegrated antiretroviral therapy center puducherry india september 2016 february 2018 obtaining informed consent interviewed participants assess physical activity alcohol tobacco use measured weight height abdominal circumference blood pressure biochemical investigations blood glucose lipid profile total 316 adults plhiv studied common cardiovascular risk factor found dyslipidemia 827 followed inadequate physical activity 744 behavioral risk factors studied current tobacco use current alcohol use showed prevalence 128 54 respectively among male participants prevalence hypertension among adult plhiv studied 158 diabetes 123 multivariate analysis diabetes hypertension significantly associated age literacy obesity found associated diabetes abdominal obesity dyslipidemia dyslipidemia common cardiovascular risk factor followed inadequate physical inactivity among plhiv regular screening blood glucose blood pressure lipid profile timely crossreferrals help early detection cvrf among plhiv hence improve quality life appropriate treatment