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Copyright Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical Mar/Apr 1999

Abstract

Anthropometric measurements and biochemical determinations were performed on HIV-infected individuals and on patients with AIDS from the Ribeirão Preto region, SP, Brazil, in order to evaluate their nutritional and vitamin A status. Plasma retinol was measured by HPLC, and hepatic vitamin A stores were evaluated by the Relative Dose Response (RDR) test. Patients with AIDS presented significant undernutrition, with more marked alterations in the body fat compartment and a relative preservation of the parameters related to muscle mass (pattern of malnutrition predominantly of the marasmus type). Plasma retinol values below 1.05µmol/L were observed in 25% of the patients with AIDS and in 17.3% of HIV-infected patients and RDR values indicating low body stores of vitamin A were detected in 28% of the subjects. There was no correlation between serum retinol levels and CD4 lymphocyte counts, clinical diagnosis of AIDS, low BMI or AFI. On the other hand, hypovitaminosis A status was associated with low BMI.

Details

Title
Malnutrition and hypovitaminosis A in AIDS patients
Author
Silveira, Suzana Aparecida; Figueiredo, José Fernando de Castro; Jordão, Junior Alceu; Unamuno, Maria do Rosário D; Rodrigues, Maria de Lourdes Veronese; Vannucchi, Hélio H.
Section
Artigos
Publication year
1999
Publication date
Mar/Apr 1999
Publisher
Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical
ISSN
00378682
e-ISSN
16789849
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
English
ProQuest document ID
1449167855
Copyright
Copyright Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical Mar/Apr 1999