Nutritional status of persons with HIV infection, persons with HIV infection and tuberculosis, and HIV-negative individuals from southern India.

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Soumya, Swaminathan and Padmapriyadarshini, C and Sukumar, B and Illiyas, S and Ramesh Kumar, S and Triveni, C and Gomathy, P and Beena, T and Minnie, M and Narayanan, P R (2008) Nutritional status of persons with HIV infection, persons with HIV infection and tuberculosis, and HIV-negative individuals from southern India. Clinical Infectious Diseases, 46. pp. 946-949. ISSN Print: 1058-4838; Online: 1537-6591

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Abstract

We compared the nutritional status of individuals with hu man immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection alone, individ uals with HIV infection and tuberculosis (after completion of antituberculosis treatment), and HIV-negative individuals and found that malnutrition, anemia, and hypoalbuminemia were most pronounced among HIV-positive patients with tuberculosis. Weight loss was associated with loss of fat in female patients and with loss of body cell mass in male patients.

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