Publications by authors named "C S Isichei"

Article Synopsis
  • - The study investigates the connection between obesity criteria and cardiovascular disease indicators in people living with HIV (PLHIV), focusing on 140 HIV-infected patients in Nigeria.
  • - It finds a varying prevalence of obesity based on different criteria, with only 9.3% showing obesity across all four measures; BMI correlated with hypertension, while waist-hip-ratio linked to both hypertension and dyslipidaemia.
  • - The research suggests that a standardized assessment of obesity, particularly central obesity, is crucial for evaluating cardiovascular risk in PLHIV, as no significant relationship was found between obesity and HIV-related factors.
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Background: The prevalence and usefulness of MetS in determining CVD risk in at-risk populations are influenced by its definition. In a cohort of HIV-positive Nigerians, we evaluated MetS based on various defining criteria, their agreement with one another, and their association to a CVD endpoint, Carotid-Intimal-Media-Thickness (CIMT).

Methodology: In this cross-sectional study, 145 HIV-positive individuals who were enrolled in HIV clinics at the Faith Alive Foundation and Jos University Teaching Hospital in Jos, Nigeria, were randomly chosen.

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Introduction: sub-Saharan African countries contribute substantially to the global HIV disease burden. Despite this burden, and the promises that prevention could deliver, the implementation and uptake of HIV prevention programmes are still low. The study used the decision support system model to explore the potential impacts of prevention implementation on HIV burden (incidence) and service delivery.

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Introduction: human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is evolving into a leading cause of cardiovascular diseases (CVD) in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) where the burden of HIV remains high. Atherosclerosis underlie progression to CVD. We therefore examined the prevalence of subclinical atherosclerosis and its association with traditional and non-traditional risk factors for CVD in Nigerian HIV-infected adults.

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