Open AccessTrends and risk factors for obesity among HIV positive Nigerians on antiretroviral therapy
Author(s) -
Lilian O. Ezechi,
Adesola Zaidat Musa,
Victoria Omonigho Otobo,
Ifeoma Idigbe,
OC Ezechi
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
ceylon medical journal/the ceylon medical journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2386-1274
pISSN - 0009-0875
DOI - 10.4038/cmj.v61i2.8300
Subject(s) - nigerians , medicine , medical journal , ceylon , antiretroviral therapy , family medicine , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , alternative medicine , public health , sri lanka , environmental health , pathology , viral load , socioeconomics , law , sociology , computer science , tanzania , programming language , political science
The increased access to antiretroviral therapy has changed the once deadly infection to a chronic medical condition, resulting in a dramatic change in causes of morbidity and mortality among HIV infected individuals. Obesity and its cardiovascular sequelae are increasingly reported in the literature. However, data on the burden, trends and risk factors for obesity are sparse in countries worst hit by the epidemic.