Open AccessChanges in Food Insecurity, Nutritional Status, and Physical Health Status After Antiretroviral Therapy Initiation in Rural Uganda
Author(s) -
Sheri D. Weiser,
Reshma Gupta,
Alexander C. Tsai,
Edward A. Frongillo,
Nils Grede,
Elias Kumbakumba,
Annet Kawuma,
Peter W. Hunt,
Jeffrey N. Martin,
David R. Bangsberg
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.162
H-Index - 157
eISSN - 1944-7884
pISSN - 1525-4135
DOI - 10.1097/qai.0b013e318261f064
Subject(s) - confidence interval , food security , medicine , demography , antiretroviral therapy , cohort study , cohort , food insecurity , prospective cohort study , logistic regression , gerontology , environmental health , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , viral load , immunology , geography , archaeology , sociology , agriculture
To investigate whether time on antiretroviral therapy (ART) is associated with improvements in food security and nutritional status, and the extent to which associations are mediated by improved physical health status.