The HIV population has a high rate of high blood pressure compared with the general population, and this condition is frequently left untreated, aidsmap reports.
Publishing their findings in Clinical Infectious Diseases, researchers studied nationally representative data on 8,631 people who received care for HIV in 2013 and 2014 and were enrolled in the Medical Monitoring Project.
Forty-two percent of the cohort had high blood pressure compared with 29 percent of the general population. Of this group, 13 percent were neither diagnosed with nor treated for the condition, 49 percent were treated and had their blood pressure under control as a result, 26 percent were treated and had uncontrolled blood pressure and 12 percent could not be classified.
High blood pressure was linked to being older, male, nonwhite, recently homeless, below the poverty line, less educated, recently incarcerated, uninsured and having a high body mass index, low recent CD4 cell count and a detectable viral load.
Having untreated high blood pressure was associated with being younger, male, below the poverty line, less educated, recently incarcerated, uninsured, a smoker and having a detectable viral load.
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