Shannon L Norris-Parish, Holli R Leggette, Theresa Pesl Murphrey, Jean A Parrella, Audra Richburg, Andy D Herring
Beefing up communication skills of upper-level animal science students
Translational animal science
hypertension among hiv positive patients low middleincome countries got little attention data problem limited ethiopia hence study aims determine magnitude hypertension associated factors among hivpositive patients receiving care referral hospitals northwest ethiopia crosssectional study design conducted determine burden hypertension patients living hiv receiving care referral hospitals northwest ethiopia november 2018 may 2019 four hundred seven randomly selected adult patients included study using standardized questionnaire sociodemographic behavioral clinical data collected anthropometric parameters fasting blood sugar well lipid profiles determined bivariate multivariate binary logistic regression analysis performed total 407 study subjects 98 response rate included study prevalence hypertension 140 95 ci 10631737 elementary educational status compared education aor 95 ci 275 112675 p 005 moderate monthly income compared low aor 95 ci 427 209873 p001 waist circumference aor 95 ci 427 209873 p001 taking concomitant drug therapy aor 95 ci 572 2251454 p001 duration antiretroviral therapy aor 95 ci 112 104120 significantly associated hypertension hypertension uncommon patients living hiv educational status monthly income waist circumference concomitant drug therapy duration antiretroviral therapy linked hypertension finding pinpoints health care providers work risk factors reduce burden hypertension among patients