Weight Change After Antiretroviral Therapy and Mortality
Author(s) -
Bertram Yuh,
J. Tate,
Adeel A. Butt,
Kristina Crothers,
M Freiberg,
David A. Leaf,
Mary E. Logeais,
David Rimland,
Maria C. RodriguezBarradas,
Christopher Ruser,
Amy C. Justice
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
clinical infectious diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.44
H-Index - 336
eISSN - 1537-6591
pISSN - 1058-4838
DOI - 10.1093/cid/civ192
Subject(s) - medicine , underweight , weight gain , hazard ratio , weight change , overweight , body mass index , interquartile range , cohort , weight loss , proportional hazards model , confidence interval , mortality rate , obesity , body weight
Weight gain after antiretroviral therapy (ART) initiation is common, but its implication for mortality is unknown. We evaluated weight change in the first year after ART initiation and its association with subsequent mortality.
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