{"id":199428,"date":"2026-08-05T10:29:43","date_gmt":"2026-08-05T15:59:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/?p=199428"},"modified":"2026-08-05T10:29:43","modified_gmt":"2026-08-05T15:59:43","slug":"hypertension-risk-factors-in-haart-patients-emj","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/?p=199428","title":{"rendered":"Hypertension Risk Factors in HAART Patients \u2013 EMJ"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>    HYPERTENSION among adults receiving <a href=\"https:\/\/www.emjreviews.com\/hematology\/news\/understanding-the-risk-factors-for-anaemia-in-adults-with-hiv\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">highly active antiretroviral therapy<\/a> (HAART) was highly prevalent, affecting 47.4% of participants in a cross-sectional study conducted across three referral hospitals in the Amhara Region of Ethiopia.<\/p>\n<p>The findings highlighted a substantial cardiovascular disease risk burden among people living with HIV and identified several <a href=\"https:\/\/www.emjreviews.com\/cardiology\/news\/obesity-and-metabolic-multimorbidity-burden-reveal-hidden-health-risks\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">metabolic<\/a> and HIV-related factors independently associated with hypertension.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Researchers Studied Hypertension in HAART Population<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Researchers analysed data from 422 adults receiving HAART between April and June 2025.<\/p>\n<p>Information on socio-demographic characteristics, clinical factors, anthropometric measures, biochemical markers, and HIV-related variables was collected through structured questionnaires and medical records.<\/p>\n<p>Hypertension was defined as systolic blood pressure \u2265140 mmHg, diastolic blood pressure \u226590 mmHg, or current use of antihypertensive medication.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Metabolic Risk Factors Strongly Associated with Hypertension<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Several cardiometabolic factors demonstrated significant associations with hypertension.<\/p>\n<p>Obesity emerged as the strongest predictor, with participants with a body mass index of at least 30 kg\/m\u00b2 showing markedly increased odds of hypertension compared with underweight individuals.<\/p>\n<p>Dyslipidaemia was also linked to elevated risk. Raised low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol levels above 200 mg\/dL were associated with hypertension. Low high-density lipoprotein (HDL_ cholesterol below 60 mg\/dL also showed an association.<\/p>\n<p>In addition, fasting blood glucose levels of at least 126 mg\/dL were associated with more than five-fold increased odds of hypertension.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>HIV Related Factors Increased Hypertension Risk<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>The analysis further identified several HIV-related characteristics associated with hypertension.<\/p>\n<p>Individuals living with HIV for more than 20 years had higher odds of hypertension. A CD4+ cell count below 350 cells\/mm\u00b3 was also associated with elevated risk.<\/p>\n<p>Similarly, viral load above 1,000 copies\/mL was independently associated with hypertension.<\/p>\n<p>Advanced HIV disease, classified as Stage IV, was linked to increased odds of hypertension.<\/p>\n<p>The researchers concluded that hypertension was highly prevalent among adults receiving HAART and that both cardiometabolic and HIV-related factors contributed to risk.<\/p>\n<p>They suggested that integrating cardiovascular risk assessment, prevention strategies, and hypertension management into routine HIV care could help reduce the burden of cardiovascular disease in this population.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Reference<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Asmare &amp; Ashenef. Hypertension and associated factors among HIV\/AIDS patients on highly active anti-retroviral therapy (HAART). Sci Rep. 2026;DOI:10.1038\/s41598-026-64491-y<\/p>\n<p><em>Featured image: Wanda on Adobe Stock<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.emjreviews.com\/cardiology\/news\/hypertension-identified-in-nearly-half-of-haart-patients\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>HYPERTENSION among adults receiving highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) was highly prevalent, affecting 47.4% of participants in a cross-sectional study conducted across three referral hospitals in the Amhara Region of&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":199429,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-199428","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-national-news"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Cardio-4pm.jpg","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":194427,"url":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/?p=194427","url_meta":{"origin":199428,"position":0},"title":"Premature Ejaculation Risk Higher in Men with HIV","author":"Ajay Kumar Verma","date":"July 18, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"MEN\u00a0living with\u00a0HIV\u00a0are significantly more likely to experience premature ejaculation (PE) and depressive symptoms than HIV-negative individuals, according to findings from a multicentre case\u2013control study. 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