Growth and the pubertal growth spurt in South African adolescents living with perinatally-acquired HIV infection.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The majority children living with HIV infection now survive into adulthood because of effective antiretroviral therapy (ART), but few data exist on their growth during adolescent years. This study investigated growth patterns and evaluated factors associated with suboptimal growth in adolescents with perinatally-acquired HIV infection.

Methods

This retrospective cohort study included HIV-infected adolescents, aged 13 to 18 years, with at least 5 years of ART follow-up at a large HIV clinic in the Gauteng Province, South Africa. Weight-for-age Z-scores (WAZ), height-for-age Z-scores (HAZ) and body mass index (BMI)-for-age Z-scores were calculated using World Health Organization (WHO) growth standards. Growth velocity graphs were generated utilising the mean height

SUBMITTER: Mwambenu B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8789101 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature