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15 March 2008

Volume 46, Number 6
Clinical Infectious Diseases 2008;46:946–949
1058-4838/2008/4606-0028$15.00
DOI: 10.1086/528860
HIV/AIDS BRIEF REPORT

Nutritional Status of Persons with HIV Infection, Persons with HIV Infection and Tuberculosis, and HIV‐Negative Individuals from Southern India

Soumya Swaminathan,1

C. Padmapriyadarsini,1

B. Sukumar,1

Sheikh Iliayas,1

S. Ramesh Kumar,1

C. Triveni,1

P. Gomathy,1

Beena Thomas,1

Minnie Mathew,2 and

P. R. Narayanan1

1Tuberculosis Research Centre, Chetpet, Chennai, and 2World Food Program, New Delhi, India

We compared the nutritional status of individuals with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection alone, individuals with HIV infection and tuberculosis (after completion of antituberculosis treatment), and HIV‐negative individuals and found that malnutrition, anemia, and hypoalbuminemia were most pronounced among HIV‐positive patients with tuberculosis. Weight loss was associated with loss of fat in female patients and with loss of body cell mass in male patients.

Received 9 August 2007; accepted 14 November 2007; electronically published 14 February 2008.

Reprints or correspondence: Dr. Soumya Swaminathan, Tuberculosis Research Centre, Mayor VR Ramanathan Rd., Chetpet, Chennai 600 031, India ().

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Online publication date: 1-Dec-2008.
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