Title of article :
Comparison of methods for assessing nutritional status in HIV-infected adults
Author/Authors :
Théodore Niyongabo، نويسنده , , JEAN-CLAUDE MELCHIOR، نويسنده , , Daniel Henzel، نويسنده , , Olivier Bouchaud، نويسنده , , Bernard Larouze، نويسنده ,
Issue Information :
روزنامه با شماره پیاپی سال 1999
Pages :
4
From page :
740
To page :
743
Abstract :
Malnutrition is a frequent complication of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection and is associated with a poor prognosis. To compare different measures of nutritional status in HIV-infected patients, we prospectively studied 88 outpatients seen at a Paris AIDS outpatient clinic for routine follow-up examinations. Nutritional status was assessed according to body weight loss (BWL, 4 classes), anthropometry, bioelectric impedance analysis (BIA), and subjective global assessment of nutritional status (SGA). Malnutrition was diagnosed in 22.4% of subjects using SGA, and 37.1% by BWL. SGA rapidly detected a worsening of nutritional status, while BWL detected malnutrition at an earlier stage. A good correlation was found between SGA class and body composition assessed by anthropometry and BIA. Deteriorating nutritional status diagnosed by SGA correlated with the CDC HIV disease class. SGA, a simple nutritional assessment, can serve as a basis for prescribing artificial nutrition, while BWL detects malnutrition at an earlier stage.
Keywords :
Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) , AIDS , nutritional assessment , body composition , Malnutrition , subjectiveglobal assessment of nutritional status (SGA)
Journal title :
Nutrition
Serial Year :
1999
Journal title :
Nutrition
Record number :
717093
Link To Document :
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