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Hypertension among people living with HIV (PLHIV) compared with people without HIV (PWoH): A systematic review with meta-analysis.

People with HIV face double the hypertension burden, pointing to integrated heart disease screening as essential HIV care component.

PLHIV have significantly elevated hypertension prevalence versus HIV-negative controls in meta-analysis, establishing HIV as an independent cardiometabolic risk factor requiring integrated cardiovascular management in HIV care. This record was retained from the prior triage attempt for PubMed pipeline handoff.

What the study was

Study design
systematic_review_meta_analysis
Category
cardiovascular_metabolic
Maturity
Validated
Journal
HIV Medicine

Why it surfaced

Meta-analytic confirmation of elevated hypertension burden in PLHIV; important for cardiovascular risk stratification in a large global HIV-positive population.

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