ArticleInfectious diseases of poverty2018
A retrospective cohort study of body mass index and survival in HIV infected patients with and without TB co-infection.
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- A retrospective study of tuberculosis prevalence and associated factors among HIV-positive key populations in Nigeria.PLOS global public health · 2024Article
- Potential Advantages of a Well-balanced Nutrition Regimen for People Living with Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type -1.Journal of AIDS and HIV treatment · 2024Article
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- Association Between Body Mass Index Variation and Early Mortality Among 834 Ethiopian Adults Living with HIV on ART: A Joint Modelling Approach.Infectious diseases and therapy · 2023Article
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- Prevalence and determinants of opportunistic infections among HIV-infected adults receiving antiretroviral therapy in Ethiopia: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in medicine · 2023Review
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- Incidence and predictors of loss to follow-up among adult HIV-infected patients taking antiretroviral therapy at North Shewa zone public Hospitals, Northeast Ethiopia: A retrospective follow-up study.African health sciences · 2022Article
- Incidence and factors associated with active tuberculosis among people living with HIV after long-term antiretroviral therapy in Thailand: a competing risk model.BMC infectious diseases · 2022Article
- Incidence and predictors of opportunistic infections in adolescents and adults after the initiation of antiretroviral therapy: A 10-year retrospective cohort study in Ethiopia.Frontiers in public health · 2022Review
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backgroundHigh 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
methodsWe 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.
resultsAmong 948 patients eligible for analysis, 15.7% (149/948) were underweight (< 18.50), 55.9% (530/948) had normal BMI (≥18.50-24.90), 18.7% (177/948) were overweight (25.00-29.00) and 9.7% (92/948) were obese (≥30.00). Irrespective of TB status, underweight patients, had significantly higher risk of death compared to those with normal BMI at baseline (aHR = 2.9; 95% CI: 1.5-5.7; P = 0.002).
conclusionsIrrespective of TB co-infection, low BMI correlated with mortality in HIV infected patients.
trial registrationUKZN Biomedical Research Ethics Committee Reference number E 248/05, 23 September 2005.
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