Dietary diversity and impact of Moringa oleifera Lam. leaves supplemented – Diet on the nutritional status and CD4 cell counts of patients receiving antiretroviral therapy in Nigeria: A double - Blind randomized trial
Background: To maintain an optimal nutritional status and immunological function in PLHIV, a diet with adequate nutrients is of utmost importance. This is a major challenge among poor populations in developing worlds like Nigeria, where malnutrition and food insecurity are endemic. This study aimed...
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| description | Background: To maintain an optimal nutritional status and immunological function in PLHIV, a diet with adequate nutrients is of utmost importance. This is a major challenge among poor populations in developing worlds like Nigeria, where malnutrition and food insecurity are endemic. This study aimed to assess the type of regular diet consumed and assess the impact of supplementation of the diet with Moringa oleifera Lam. leaves on the nutritional status and CD4 cell counts of PLHIV that are on ART in Nigeria. Method: A double-blind, randomized trial was conducted. Two hundred consented patients were randomly allocated to either the Moringa oleifera Lam. group (MOG) or the control group (COG). The FAO individual dietary diversity questionnaire was used. The regular diets of participants at baseline and six months were monitored. The measurements of weight, BMI, MUAC, and CD4 cell counts were obtained from baseline to six months of Moringa oleifera Lam. leaves supplementation. Results: One hundred and seventy-seven patients completed the six-month follow-up (89 MOG versus 88 COG). At both baseline and sixth month, the foods most commonly consumed by the participants in both MOG and COG were cereals, spices and condiments, oils, fats and palm oil, and dark green vegetables. At baseline, significantly higher consumption of legumes, nuts & seeds (p = 0.001) was observed in the MOG and higher consumption of other vegetables (p = 0.024) in COG. Consumption of cereals, roots, and tubers was significantly higher (p = 0.024; 0.045) in the COG in the sixth month. In both groups, participants were in the medium or low dietary diversity tercile. Throughout the study period, all the nutritional status variables observed were not significantly different between the two study groups [(p > 0.0001); weight; p = 0.5556; BMI; p = 0.5145; MUAC; p = 0.6456]. Over the study period, the treatment by time interaction shows a significant difference in CD4 counts by treatment group (p < 0.0001) and an estimate of fixed effects 10.33 folds greater in the MOG than COG. All tests were conducted at 95CI. Conclusion: This study revealed a poor dietary diversity amongst PLHIV. Supplementation of regular diet with Moringa oleifera Lam. leaves did not affect the nutritional status but could improve the immune response of HIV-positive adults attending the antiretroviral treatment centre in the present study area. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-8d1825eb295d405a8e5a478610e5a6ff2022-12-22T00:28:45ZengElsevierHeliyon2405-84402022-05-0185e09524Dietary diversity and impact of Moringa oleifera Lam. leaves supplemented – Diet on the nutritional status and CD4 cell counts of patients receiving antiretroviral therapy in Nigeria: A double - Blind randomized trialAisha Gambo0Nceba Gqaleni1Tesleem K. Babalola2Discipline of Public Health, School of Nursing and Public Health, College of Health Sciences, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa; Corresponding author.Discipline of Traditional Medicine, School of Nursing and Public Health, College of Health Sciences, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South AfricaProgram in Public Health, Department of Family, Population and Preventive Medicine, Stony Brook University, New York, USABackground: To maintain an optimal nutritional status and immunological function in PLHIV, a diet with adequate nutrients is of utmost importance. This is a major challenge among poor populations in developing worlds like Nigeria, where malnutrition and food insecurity are endemic. This study aimed to assess the type of regular diet consumed and assess the impact of supplementation of the diet with Moringa oleifera Lam. leaves on the nutritional status and CD4 cell counts of PLHIV that are on ART in Nigeria. Method: A double-blind, randomized trial was conducted. Two hundred consented patients were randomly allocated to either the Moringa oleifera Lam. group (MOG) or the control group (COG). The FAO individual dietary diversity questionnaire was used. The regular diets of participants at baseline and six months were monitored. The measurements of weight, BMI, MUAC, and CD4 cell counts were obtained from baseline to six months of Moringa oleifera Lam. leaves supplementation. Results: One hundred and seventy-seven patients completed the six-month follow-up (89 MOG versus 88 COG). At both baseline and sixth month, the foods most commonly consumed by the participants in both MOG and COG were cereals, spices and condiments, oils, fats and palm oil, and dark green vegetables. At baseline, significantly higher consumption of legumes, nuts & seeds (p = 0.001) was observed in the MOG and higher consumption of other vegetables (p = 0.024) in COG. Consumption of cereals, roots, and tubers was significantly higher (p = 0.024; 0.045) in the COG in the sixth month. In both groups, participants were in the medium or low dietary diversity tercile. Throughout the study period, all the nutritional status variables observed were not significantly different between the two study groups [(p > 0.0001); weight; p = 0.5556; BMI; p = 0.5145; MUAC; p = 0.6456]. Over the study period, the treatment by time interaction shows a significant difference in CD4 counts by treatment group (p < 0.0001) and an estimate of fixed effects 10.33 folds greater in the MOG than COG. All tests were conducted at 95CI. Conclusion: This study revealed a poor dietary diversity amongst PLHIV. Supplementation of regular diet with Moringa oleifera Lam. leaves did not affect the nutritional status but could improve the immune response of HIV-positive adults attending the antiretroviral treatment centre in the present study area.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S240584402200812XDietary diversityHIVMoringa oleifera LamNutritional statusImmune responseAntiretroviral therapy |
| spellingShingle | Aisha Gambo Nceba Gqaleni Tesleem K. Babalola Dietary diversity and impact of Moringa oleifera Lam. leaves supplemented – Diet on the nutritional status and CD4 cell counts of patients receiving antiretroviral therapy in Nigeria: A double - Blind randomized trial Heliyon Dietary diversity HIV Moringa oleifera Lam Nutritional status Immune response Antiretroviral therapy |
| title | Dietary diversity and impact of Moringa oleifera Lam. leaves supplemented – Diet on the nutritional status and CD4 cell counts of patients receiving antiretroviral therapy in Nigeria: A double - Blind randomized trial |
| title_full | Dietary diversity and impact of Moringa oleifera Lam. leaves supplemented – Diet on the nutritional status and CD4 cell counts of patients receiving antiretroviral therapy in Nigeria: A double - Blind randomized trial |
| title_fullStr | Dietary diversity and impact of Moringa oleifera Lam. leaves supplemented – Diet on the nutritional status and CD4 cell counts of patients receiving antiretroviral therapy in Nigeria: A double - Blind randomized trial |
| title_full_unstemmed | Dietary diversity and impact of Moringa oleifera Lam. leaves supplemented – Diet on the nutritional status and CD4 cell counts of patients receiving antiretroviral therapy in Nigeria: A double - Blind randomized trial |
| title_short | Dietary diversity and impact of Moringa oleifera Lam. leaves supplemented – Diet on the nutritional status and CD4 cell counts of patients receiving antiretroviral therapy in Nigeria: A double - Blind randomized trial |
| title_sort | dietary diversity and impact of moringa oleifera lam leaves supplemented diet on the nutritional status and cd4 cell counts of patients receiving antiretroviral therapy in nigeria a double blind randomized trial |
| topic | Dietary diversity HIV Moringa oleifera Lam Nutritional status Immune response Antiretroviral therapy |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S240584402200812X |
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