A retrospective cohort study of body mass index and survival in HIV infected patients with and without TB co-infection.

ABSTRACT:

Background

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/m²) correlated with survival among HIV infected patients with and without TB co-infection.

Methods

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.

Results

Among 948 patients eligible for analysis, 15.7% (149/948) were underweight (< 18.50), 55.9% (530/948) had normal BMI (≥18.50-24.90), 18.7% (177/948) were overweight (25.00-29.00) and 9.7% (92/94

SUBMITTER: Naidoo K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5937835 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature