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Treated HIV infection and progression of carotid atherosclerosis in rural Uganda: a prospective observational cohort study

Siender M, Bibangambah P, Kim JH, Lankowski A, Chang JL,  et al.
2021-06-15 • Journal of the American Heart Association
2021-06-15 • Journal of the American Heart Association
BACKGROUND
Although ≈70% of the world's population of people living with HIV resides in sub-Saharan Africa, there are minimal prospective data on the contributions of HIV infection t...
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Distribution and performance of cardiovascular risk scores in a mixed population of HIV-infected and community-based HIV-uninfected individuals in Uganda

Muiru AN, Bibangambah P, Hemphill LC, Sentongo R, Kim JH,  et al.
2018-04-11 • Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes (1999)
2018-04-11 • Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes (1999)
BACKGROUND
The utility and validity of cardiovascular diseases (CVD) risk scores are not well studied in sub-Saharan Africa. We compared and correlated CVD risk scores with carotid i...
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To fast or not to fast: Lipid measurement and cardiovascular disease risk estimation in rural sub-Saharan Africa

Yang IT, Hemphill LC, Kim J-H, Bibangambah P, Sentongo R,  et al.
2020-06-01 • Journal of Global Health
2020-06-01 • Journal of Global Health
Background
Cardiovascular disease (CVD) morbidity and mortality are increasing in sub-Saharan Africa (sSA), highlighting the need for tools to enable CVD risk stratification in the ...