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Randomized Controlled Trial
. 2008 Mar 15;46(6):946-9.
doi: 10.1086/528860.

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

Soumya Swaminathan  1 , C Padmapriyadarsini, B Sukumar, Sheikh Iliayas, S Ramesh Kumar, C Triveni, P Gomathy, Beena Thomas, Minnie Mathew, P R Narayanan
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Randomized Controlled Trial

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

Soumya Swaminathan et al. Clin Infect Dis. .

Abstract

We compared the nutritional status of individuals with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection alone, individuals 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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