Open AccessPredictors and patterns of weight gain during treatment for tuberculosis in the United States of America
Author(s) -
Mimi Phan,
Elizabeth Guy,
Ruby N. Nickson,
Christina C. Kao
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
international journal of infectious diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.278
H-Index - 89
eISSN - 1878-3511
pISSN - 1201-9712
DOI - 10.1016/j.ijid.2016.09.006
Subject(s) - weight gain , medicine , tuberculosis , weight loss , retrospective cohort study , disease , cohort , weight change , body weight , pediatrics , obesity , pathology
Patients with tuberculosis (TB) often present with weight loss. Lack of weight gain with TB treatment has been associated with treatment failure. The purpose of this study was to examine patterns of weight gain in patients with TB and determine the disease characteristics that predict weight gain.
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