Ciera E Kirkpatrick, LaRissa L Lawrie
TikTok as a Source of Health Information and Misinformation for Young Women in the United States: Survey Study
JMIR infodemiology
background adults living hiv alhiv increased risk developing metabolic syndrome mets several factors associated increase mets individuals including certain antiretroviral therapies art limited data prevalence mets among alhiv subsaharan africa following scale newer integrase inhibitorcontaining art regimens objective assessed prevalence correlates mets among alhiv patients receiving tenofovir lamivudine dolutegravir tld tanzania methods conducted retrospective crosssectional analysis alhiv aged 18 enrolled cardiovascular health study six hiv care treatment clinics 11202012021 dar es salaam tanzania mets defined according national cholesterol education program adult treatment panel iii ncep atp iii descriptive statistics used summarize results logistic regression used assess demographic behavioral hivrelated risk factors associated mets covariates pvalue 02 univariate level included multivariate model results three hundred eighty nine participants included analysis mean age sd 43 years 11 years 286 735 female prevalence mets population 21 univariate analysis mets components significantly higher among women vs men included abdominal obesity 273 vs 49 reduced hdl 779 vs 534 elevated glucose 185 vs 146 p 005 age 50 yrs aor 325 95 ci 180584 p 001 bmi aor 016 95 ci 009030 p 001 associated increased odds mets multivariate analyses conclusion mets prevalent among tanzanian alhiv tld routine screening mets healthy lifestyle promotion particularly among women aging priority prevent cardiovascular disease studies needed monitor longterm impact newer art regimens mets cvd