Research Article

High Prevalence of Hypertension in Ethiopian and Non-Ethiopian HIV-Infected Adults

Table 2

Prevalence of HTN measured at the time of the lowest recorded CD4 count according to categorized CD4 and viral load levels ().

Number of patients (% of total cohort)Total
BP status
No HTN HTN

CD4 count (cells/µl)
 <20070 (47.9)76 (52)146 (100)
 200–34937 (43.5)48 (56.5)85 (100)
 350–49915 (50)15 (50)30 (100)
 ≥5009 (53)8 (47)17 (100)
Total131 (47.1)147 (52.8)278 (100)

VL (copies/ml)
 <5023 (40.4)34 (59.6)57
 50–10009 (39.1)14 (60.9)23
 >1000–10,00016 (42.1)22 (57.9)38
 >10,000–100,00034 (54.8)28 (45.2)62
 >100,00031 (48.4)33 (51.6)64
Total113131244 (100)

Data was missing for ; BP: blood pressure; HTN: hypertension; VL: viral load.