Medical experts have expressed worry over the health of ageing prostitutes in Nairobi [PHOTO/standardmedia.co.ke]

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Medical experts are linking high rates of obesity and overweight in older HIV-positive prostitutes in Nairobi to the tendency to develop high blood pressure. 

Medics say that this is mainly because the patients on HIV drugs are now living longer and are getting exposed to the age-related health issues such as heart conditions.​

But according to a study published on Thursday in the East African Medical Journal, prostitutes face higher heart risks due to substance abuse.

The study that involved 3,197 of 27,000 prostitutes attending the Sex Workers Outreach Programme (SWOP) health clinics in the city found some thirty percent to be obese and with bad rates of hypertension.​