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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Veröffentlicht in:	Infectious diseases of poverty 2018-04, Vol.7 (1), p.35-35, Article 35
Hauptverfasser:	Naidoo, Kogieleum, Yende-Zuma, Nonhlanhla, Augustine, Stanton
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	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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Zusammenfassung:	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