Nutritional status of persons with HIV infection, persons with HIV infection and tuberculosis, and HIV-negative individuals from southern India.

Swaminathan, S.; Padmapriyadarsini, C.; Sukumar, B.; Iliyas, S.; Ramesh Kumar, S.; Triveni, C.; Gomathy, P.; Thomas, B.; Mathew, M.; Narayanan, P.R.

Clinical Infectioous Diseases; 2008; 46:946-949.

Abstract: 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.

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