Cardiovascular risk assessment for primary prevention in Malawian HIV patients on ART: are measurements of glycated hemoglobin and lipids worth the effort?

AIDS. 2021 May 1;35(6):997-999. doi: 10.1097/QAD.0000000000002822.

Tapiwa Kumwenda¹, Shameem Buleya¹, Beatrice Matanje¹, Tom Heller¹, Sam Phiri^{1

2

3}, Florian Neuhann^{4

5}, Hans-Michael Steffen^{6

7}

¹ Lighthouse Clinic, Kamuzu Central Hospital, Lilongwe, Malawi.
² Department of Medicine, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, USA.
³ Department of Public Health, School of Public Health and Family Medicine, College of Medicine, University of Malawi, Lilongwe, Malawi.
⁴ Heidelberg Institute of Global Health, University Heidelberg, Germany.
⁵ School of Medicine and Clinical Sciences, Levy Mwanawasa Medical University, Lusaka, Zambia.
⁶ Clinic for Gastroenterology and Hepatology.
⁷ Hypertension Center, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Cologne, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany.

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