ArticlePublic health nutrition2015
Anthropometry and body composition of vertically HIV-infected children and adolescents under therapy with and without protease inhibitors.
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- Growth and body composition of adolescents and young adults with perinatal HIV infection: a systematic review and meta-analysis.BMC public health · 2025Pooled it
- Comparison of Muscle Strength, Aerobic Capacity and Body Composition between Healthy Adolescents and Those Living with HIV: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Pooled it
- The State of the Science on Chronic Comorbidities and Aging in Children and Adolescents with perinatally-acquired HIV.Current HIV/AIDS reports · 2025Review
- Health-Related Physical Fitness Evaluation in HIV-Diagnosed Children and Adolescents: A Scoping Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2024Article
- Methods for measuring body composition in Zambian adolescents living with HIV.PLOS global public health · 2024Article
- Nutritional status and its determinants among adolescents with HIV on anti-retroviral treatment in low- and middle-income countries: a systematic review and meta-analysis.BMC nutrition · 2023Article
- Dyslipidemia and Nutritional Status of HIV-Infected Children and Adolescents on Antiretroviral Treatment at the Comprehensive Chronic Care and Training Center of Jimma Medical Center.HIV/AIDS (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2023Article
- Body composition, physical fitness and physical activity in Mozambican children and adolescents living with HIV.PloS one · 2022Article
- [Evolution of nutritional status, immunological and virological parameters in children with vertically transmitted HIV under antiretroviral treatment]Revista de la Facultad de Ciencias Medicas (Cordoba, Argentina) · 2021Article
- Low prevalence of lipodystrophy in HIV-infected Senegalese children on long-term antiretroviral treatment: the ANRS 12279 MAGGSEN Pediatric Cohort Study.BMC infectious diseases · 2018Article
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Abstract
objectiveAlthough the benefits of highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) have been documented, it is thought to be associated to disturbances in nutritional status. These disturbances may occur early in life and are poorly understood. The present study aimed to investigate the relationship between anthropometric parameters and body composition of perinatally HIV-infected children and adolescents under HAART, according to use and non-use of protease inhibitors.
designCross-sectional study undertaken between August and December 2007. Demographic, socio-economic, clinical and anthropometric data were collected from the patients. The χ 2 test, Wilcoxon rank sum test (Mann-Whitney) and t test were used to compare the following variables between users and non-users of protease inhibitors: age, gender, per capita income, HAART exposure, antiretroviral therapy adopted in the last three years, CD4 count, viral load, pubertal stage, nutritional status (BMI-for-age, height-for-age, waist and neck circumferences, triceps skinfold thickness, body fat percentage, upper-arm fat area and upper-arm muscle area).
settingAn HIV/AIDS out-patient clinic, São Paulo, Brazil. SUBJECTS: One hundred and fifteen patients (children and adolescents aged 6-19 years).
resultsProtease inhibitors users had a higher prevalence of stunting (P=0.03), lower BMI (P=0.03) and lower percentage of body fat (P=0.05) compared with non-users. There was no statistically significant difference between the HAART regimens and measurements of fat adiposity.
conclusionsThe findings of the study suggest that children and adolescents under protease inhibitors are at higher risk of growth and development deviations, but not at risk of body fat redistribution.
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