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

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...

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Main Authors: Kogieleum Naidoo, Nonhlanhla Yende-Zuma, Stanton Augustine
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-04-01
Series:Infectious Diseases of Poverty
Subjects:
HIV
Tuberculosis
BMI
ART
Africa
KwaZulu-Natal
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40249-018-0418-3

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