Dietary intake in HIV-positive persons with and without malabsorption.
This review examines the relationship among malabsorption, diarrhea, dietary intake, and body composition in an outpatient cohort of individuals with HIV infection. Twenty-three percent of the participants had malabsorption, which was not associated with the presence of current or chronic diarrhea. In this "outpatient" HIV cohort with a mean body-mass index (BMI) of 25 kg/m2, the presence of malabsorption did not have adverse nutritional outcomes in terms of body weight, lean body mass, hemoglobin, or albumin. The diets of those with or without malabsorption did not meet the goals of the Dietary Guidelines for Americans. Median dietary intake was high in percentage of total fat and saturated fat and low in total fiber intake and some key micronutrients.
Hendricks
Kristy M
KM
Nutrition/Infection Unit, Department of Public Health and Family Medicine, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts 02111, USA. kristy.hendricks@tufts.edu
Laferriere
Rachel
R
Houser
Robert F
RF
Knox
Tamsin A
TA
D001823:Body Composition; D003967:Diarrhea / Q000150:complications; D004032:Diet; D004041:Dietary Fats / Q000008:administration & dosage; D004043:Dietary Fiber / Q000008:administration & dosage; D005260:Female; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D008286:Malabsorption Syndromes / Q000150:complications*; D008297:Male
D004041:Dietary Fats; D004043:Dietary Fiber