Low food security is associated with frailty status and frailty components among people with HIV.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Low food security is common among people with HIV (PWH) and is associated with poorer health outcomes. Frailty, an aging-related outcome that is increasingly prevalent among PWH, may be stimulated by low food security. We assessed associations between food security and frailty among PWH.

Methods

The Impact of Physical Activity Routines and Dietary Intake on the Longitudinal Symptom Experience of People Living with HIV (PROSPER-HIV) study follows PWH to evaluate how diet and physical activity impact symptoms. We utilized food security and frailty data from PROSPER-HIV Year 1 visits (January 2019 to July 2022) to estimate associations. Food security was measured via the validated two-item Food Security Questionnaire and categorized as Food Secure, Low Food Security,

SUBMITTER: Ruderman SA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11624057 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature