Evolution of nutritional status of infants infected with the human immunodeficiency virus
CONTEXT: There are today only a limited number of studies defining growth parameters and nutritional status for HIV children. OBJECTIVE: To study the nutritional status of infants infected with the human immunodeficiency virus. TYPE OF STUDY: Longitudinal study. SETTING: Department of Pediatrics, Fa...
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| author | Vânia Aparecida Leandro-Merhi Maria Marluce dos Santos Vilela Marcos Nolasco da Silva Fábio Ancona Lopez Antônio de Azevedo Barros Filho |
| author_facet | Vânia Aparecida Leandro-Merhi Maria Marluce dos Santos Vilela Marcos Nolasco da Silva Fábio Ancona Lopez Antônio de Azevedo Barros Filho |
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| description | CONTEXT: There are today only a limited number of studies defining growth parameters and nutritional status for HIV children. OBJECTIVE: To study the nutritional status of infants infected with the human immunodeficiency virus. TYPE OF STUDY: Longitudinal study. SETTING: Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medical Sciences, UNICAMP, Campinas, Brazil. PARTICIPANTS: One hundred and twenty-four children born to HIV infected mothers were evaluated from birth until the age of two years. They were subdivided into two groups: 71 infected children and 53 non-infected children. MAIN MEASUREMENTS: Growth was evaluated in both groups by comparing Z-scores for weight/age (w/a), length/age (H/a) and weight/length (w/H) (using the NCHS curves as reference). RESULTS: The Z-score analyses showed that there was a significant difference between the two groups for all the variables studied, except for the H/a value at 3 months of age and the W/H value at 21 months of age, which showed P > 0.05. CONCLUSIONS: The growth of infected infants was observed to be severely affected in comparison with that of seroreversed infants in the same age groups. Although clinical manifestations may take time to appear, the onset of growth changes begin soon after birth. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-d7b51df7ca2141118b609a387f23bca92022-12-22T03:38:14ZengAssociação Paulista de MedicinaSão Paulo Medical Journal1806-94602000-09-01118514815310.1590/S1516-31802000000500007S1516-31802000000500007Evolution of nutritional status of infants infected with the human immunodeficiency virusVânia Aparecida Leandro-Merhi0Maria Marluce dos Santos Vilela1Marcos Nolasco da Silva2Fábio Ancona Lopez3Antônio de Azevedo Barros Filho4Pontifícia Universidade Católica de CampinasUniversidade Estadual de CampinasUniversidade Estadual de CampinasUniversidade Federal de São PauloUniversidade Estadual de CampinasCONTEXT: There are today only a limited number of studies defining growth parameters and nutritional status for HIV children. OBJECTIVE: To study the nutritional status of infants infected with the human immunodeficiency virus. TYPE OF STUDY: Longitudinal study. SETTING: Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medical Sciences, UNICAMP, Campinas, Brazil. PARTICIPANTS: One hundred and twenty-four children born to HIV infected mothers were evaluated from birth until the age of two years. They were subdivided into two groups: 71 infected children and 53 non-infected children. MAIN MEASUREMENTS: Growth was evaluated in both groups by comparing Z-scores for weight/age (w/a), length/age (H/a) and weight/length (w/H) (using the NCHS curves as reference). RESULTS: The Z-score analyses showed that there was a significant difference between the two groups for all the variables studied, except for the H/a value at 3 months of age and the W/H value at 21 months of age, which showed P > 0.05. CONCLUSIONS: The growth of infected infants was observed to be severely affected in comparison with that of seroreversed infants in the same age groups. Although clinical manifestations may take time to appear, the onset of growth changes begin soon after birth.http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-31802000000500007&lng=en&tlng=enGrowth and developmentNutritional statusChildrenHIVAcquired immunodeficiency syndrome |
| spellingShingle | Vânia Aparecida Leandro-Merhi Maria Marluce dos Santos Vilela Marcos Nolasco da Silva Fábio Ancona Lopez Antônio de Azevedo Barros Filho Evolution of nutritional status of infants infected with the human immunodeficiency virus São Paulo Medical Journal Growth and development Nutritional status Children HIV Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome |
| title | Evolution of nutritional status of infants infected with the human immunodeficiency virus |
| title_full | Evolution of nutritional status of infants infected with the human immunodeficiency virus |
| title_fullStr | Evolution of nutritional status of infants infected with the human immunodeficiency virus |
| title_full_unstemmed | Evolution of nutritional status of infants infected with the human immunodeficiency virus |
| title_short | Evolution of nutritional status of infants infected with the human immunodeficiency virus |
| title_sort | evolution of nutritional status of infants infected with the human immunodeficiency virus |
| topic | Growth and development Nutritional status Children HIV Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome |
| url | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-31802000000500007&lng=en&tlng=en |
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