ArticleFrontiers in public health2026
Nutritional status and functional capacity among people living with HIV in routine care: a retrospective cohort study.
Article in Frontiers in public health, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.
What it found
Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.
The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.
Who cites it
0 citing papers in PubMed.
No citing paper in PubMed yet.
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
4 authors.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
Background: Malnutrition remains an important concern among people living with HIV (PLHIV), even with widespread antiretroviral therapy (ART). Although ART has improved survival and long-term outcomes, undernutrition persists alongside increasing overweight and obesity, creating a dual nutritional burden that may complicate HIV care. This study described the nutritional status of adults receiving routine HIV care in a tertiary facility in Nigeria. Methods: We conducted a retrospective cohort study using routinely collected clinical data from the HAART clinic of the University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital, Ilorin, Nigeria. Adults aged ≥ 18 years with complete anthropometric measurements at the index visit were included. For participants with multiple encounters, the index visit was the earliest visit with available body mass index (BMI) data. Nutritional status was classified using standard adult BMI categories. Baseline demographic, anthropometric, treatment, and laboratory characteristics were summarized descriptively. Because laboratory variables had substantial missingness and functional status showed limited variability, adjusted regression analyses were not performed. Results: Of 1,132 patient records screened, 301 participants met the eligibility criteria. The median age was 52 years [interquartile range (IQR): 45-60 years], and 98.7% were male. Overall, 26 participants (8.6%) were underweight, 165 (54.8%) had normal BMI, 75 (24.9%) were overweight, and 35 (11.6%) were obese. Most participants were receiving tenofovir-lamivudine-dolutegravir (TLD)-based therapy (87.7%). WHO functional status showed no variability; all participants were classified as working. CD4 count and viral load data were available for only 3.7 and 13.3% of participants, respectively. Conclusion: Undernutrition persists alongside overweight and obesity among adults receiving routine HIV care. The coexistence of nutritional deficits and excess weight supports routine nutritional assessment within long-term HIV care. Given substantial missing laboratory data, lack of functional-status variability, and extreme sex imbalance, findings should be interpreted primarily as descriptive observations.
Indexed as
Identifiers
What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.