Prevalence, Awareness, Treatment, and Control Rate of Hypertension in HIV-Infected Patients: The HIV-HY Study
Prevalence, Awareness, Treatment, and Control Rate of Hypertension in HIV-Infected Patients: The HIV-HY Study
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DOI:
10.1093/ajh/hpt182
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发表时间:
2014-02-01
影响因子:
3.2
通讯作者:
Schillaci, Giuseppe
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作者:
De Socio, Giuseppe Vittorio;Ricci, Elena;Schillaci, Giuseppe
We aimed to assess the prevalence of hypertension in an unselected human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)infected population and to identify factors associated with hypertension prevalence, treatment, and control.We used a multicenter, cross-sectional, nationwide study that sampled 1,182 unselected, consecutive, HIV-infected patients. Office blood pressure was accurately measured with standard procedures.Patients were 71% men and 92% white, with a median age of 47 years (range 1878); 6% were antiretroviral treatment naive. The overall prevalence of hypertension was 29.3%; high-normal pressure accounted for an additional 12.3%. Among hypertensive subjects, 64.9% were aware of their hypertensive condition, 52.9% were treated, and 33.0% were controlled (blood pressure < 140/90mm Hg). Blood pressurelowering medications were used in monotherapy in 54.3% of the subjects. Angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors and angiotensin receptor blockers were the most frequently used drugs (76.1%: monotherapy 39.1%, combination treatment 37.0%). In multivariable regression models, hypertension was independently predicted by traditional risk factors, including age 50 years, male sex, family history of cardiovascular disease, body mass index 25kg/m(2), previous cardiovascular events, diabetes, central obesity, and metabolic syndrome, as well as by duration of HIV infection, duration of antiretroviral therapy, and nadir CD4 T-cell count < 200/l. The choice of protease inhibitors vs. nonnucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors as a third antiretroviral drug was irrelevant.Hypertension affects nearly 30% of HIV adult outpatients in Italy. More than one-third of the hypertensive subjects are unaware of their condition, and more than two-thirds are uncontrolled. A higher level of attention to the diagnosis and treatment of hypertension is mandatory in this setting.