title: Anthropometric indices as predictors of survival in AIDS adults. Aquitaine Cohort, France, 1985-1997. Groupe d'Epidémiologie Clinique du Sida en Aquitaine (GECSA).
abstract: The aim of the study was to assess the performance of weight related nutritional markers [reported involuntary weight loss (WL) greater than 10%, measured WL and body mass index (BMI)] in predicting survival at AIDS stage. The three anthropometric indices were used as time dependent variables in Cox models to predict survival at AIDS stage. The studied sample included 630 HIV1-infected individuals of a prospective cohort of those 421 died (median survival at AIDS stage: 19.9 months). After adjustment for usual prognostic factors of survival, the reported WL greater than 10% was a pejorative predictor of survival (hazard ratio (HR) 2.4; 95% confidence interval (CI): 1.9-3.0). For measured WL < 5%, between 5 and 10% and > or = 10% of baseline weight compared with no WL, HR were respectively, 1.9 (CI: 1.4-2.6), 3.3 (CI: 2.4-4.4) and 6.7 (CI: 5.2-8.6). The HR of death were 2.2 (CI: 1.6-3.0) for BMI between 16 and 18.4 kg/m2 and 4.4 (CI: 3.1-6.3) for BMI < 16 compared to normal BMI (> or = 18.5). Even a limited WL measured at a given point in time during follow up increases the risk of death at the AIDS stage. Simple cross-sectional measures of BMI have a good predictive value of survival.
authors.affiliation: Unité INSERM 330, Université Victor Segalen Bordeaux 2, France.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Thiébaut
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Malvy
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Marimoutou
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Davis
mesh_terms: D017088:AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections / Q000401:mortality; D000163:Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000401:mortality*; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D015992:Body Mass Index; D015331:Cohort Studies; D016001:Confidence Intervals; D005260:Female; D005602:France / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011379:Prognosis; D016016:Proportional Hazards Models; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D016019:Survival Analysis; D015431:Weight Loss