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Very early anthropometric changes after antiretroviral therapy predict subsequent survival, in karonga, Malawi.
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| Title: | Very early anthropometric changes after antiretroviral therapy predict subsequent survival, in karonga, Malawi. |
| Authors: | Maman, David
Glynn, Judith R
Crampin, Amelia C
Kranzer, Katharina
Saul, Jacqueline
Jahn, Andreas
Mwinuka, Venance
Ngwira, Msenga Hc
Mvula, Hazzie
Munthali, Fipson
McGrath, Nuala |
| Affiliation: | Hospices Civils de Lyon, Service de Biostatistique, Lyon, F-69003, France; Université de Lyon, Lyon, F-69000, France; Université Lyon I, Villeurbanne, F-69100, France; CNRS UMR5558, Laboratoire de Biométrie et Biologie Evolutive, Equipe Biostatistique Santé, Pierre-Bénite, F-69310, France; Epicentre, Paris, France; London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, England; Karonga Prevention Study, Malawi; Karonga District Hospital, Karonga, Malawi; Africa Centre for Health and Population Studies, University of KwaZulu Natal, Mtubatuba, South Africa. |
| Citation: | Open Aids J 2012; 6:36-44. |
| Journal: | The Open AIDS Journal |
| Issue Date: | Jun-2012 |
| URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/10144/250134 |
| DOI: | 10.2174/1874613601206010036 |
| PubMed ID: | 22670166 |
| Additional Links: | http://benthamscience.com/open/toaidj/articles/V006/36TOAIDJ.pdf |
| Abstract: | Antiretroviral (ART) scale-up in Malawi has been achieved on a large scale based mainly on clinical criteria. Simple markers of prognosis are useful, and we investigated the value of very early anthropometric changes in predicting mortality. |
| Type: | Article |
| Language: | en |
| Keywords: | HIV/AIDS |
| MeSH: | sub-Saharan Africa
Anthropometric measure
antiretroviral therapy
HIV
Mortality |
| ISSN: | 1874-6136 |
| Rights: | Archived with thanks to The Open AIDS journal |
| Appears in topics: | HIV/AIDS
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