Clinical and Echocardiographic Characteristics Associated with Hypertension in a Cohort of People Living with and without HIV
In this HIV-prevalent cohort, hypertension was independently associated with left ventricular structural remodeling and advancing age, but not with circulating RAAS components or HIV status. These findings underscore the importance of echocardiographic assessment in hypertension evaluation and suggest that non-RAAS pathways may contribute to hypertensive cardiac remodeling in this setting.
Authors
- Sepiso K. Masenga (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4376-5831)
- Benson M. Hamooya (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1385-0998)
- David Chisompola (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3765-0635)
- Emmanuel Luwaya (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9518-2422)
- Sydney Mulamfu
- Phinnoty Mwansa (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0004-9244-7287)
- Joreen P. Povia
- Martin Chakulya
Institutions
- Livingstone Hospital (ZA)
- Mulungushi University (ZM)
Publication Details
- Journal
- medRxiv
- Published
- 2026-01-15
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.64898/2026.01.12.26343986
- Primary Topic
- HIV-related health complications and treatments
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- American Heart Association
- National Institutes of Health
- Fogarty International Center
- National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases