Prevalence and predictors of food insecurity among people living with and without HIV in the African Cohort Study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

We determined the prevalence and identified predictors of food insecurity in four African countries.

Design

Cross-sectional analyses at study enrolment.

Setting

From January 2013 to March 2020, people living with HIV (PLWH) and without HIV were enrolled at twelve clinics in Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania and Nigeria.

Participants

Participants reporting not having enough food to eat over the past 12 months or receiving <3 meals/d were defined as food insecure. Robust Poisson regression models were used to estimate unadjusted and adjusted prevalence ratios (aPR) and 95 % CI for predictors of food insecurity among all participants and separately among PLWH.

Results

1694/3496 participants (48·5 %) reported food insecurity at enrolment, with no difference

SUBMITTER: Onyenakie CC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9991625 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature