A retrospective cohort study of body mass index and survival in HIV infected patients with and without TB co-infection

High early morbidity and mortality following antiretroviral therapy (ART) initiation has been a distinguishing feature of ART programmes in resource limited settings (RLS) compared to high-income countries. This study assessed how well body mass index (BMI: kg/m ) correlated with survival among HIV...

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Published in:Infectious diseases of poverty 2018-04, Vol.7 (1), p.35-35, Article 35
Main Authors: Naidoo, Kogieleum, Yende-Zuma, Nonhlanhla, Augustine, Stanton
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Africa
Analysis
BMI
Body Mass Index
Cohort Studies
Coinfection - microbiology
Coinfection - mortality
Coinfection - virology
Female
Health aspects
HIV
HIV infections
HIV Infections - mortality
HIV Infections - virology
HIV patients
Humans
KwaZulu-Natal
Male
Patient outcomes
Prevalence
Prognosis
Retrospective Studies
South Africa - epidemiology
Tuberculosis
Tuberculosis - microbiology
Tuberculosis - mortality
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Summary:High early morbidity and mortality following antiretroviral therapy (ART) initiation has been a distinguishing feature of ART programmes in resource limited settings (RLS) compared to high-income countries. This study assessed how well body mass index (BMI: kg/m ) correlated with survival among HIV infected patients with and without TB co-infection. We retrospectively evaluated clinical data from 1000 HIV infected patients, among whom 389 were also co-infected with TB, between January 2008 and December 2010, in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. Among 948 patients eligible for analysis, 15.7% (149/948) were underweight (
ISSN:2049-9957
2095-5162
2049-9957
DOI:10.1186/s40249-018-0418-3