title: [Effect of nutritional support on immunity function in the acquired immune deficiency syndrome patients].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To investigate the effect of nutritional support on immunity function in the acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) patients.
  
  
  METHODS
  Sixty-five AIDS patients were randomly divided into treatment group (n=35) and control group (n=30). In the treatment group, the patients received enteral nutrition (EN) treatment or EN supplemented with parenteral nutrition (EN+PN) on top of routine treatment according to the daily condition of the sufferers. The control group received routine treatment only. CD3, CD4 and CD8 cell, CD4/CD8, C3, C4, immunoglobulin G (IgG), IgM, IgA were determined on the 0 and 30th day of the treatment, and they were analyzed with covariance analysis.
  
  
  RESULTS
  CD4 cell in the treatment group was significantly raised compared with before examination (P<0.05). Other immunity indexes were not correlated. All clinical indexes showed no change in the control group (all P>0.05).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The nutritional support can raise the immunity function in the AIDS patient.
authors.affiliation: The Third People's Hospital of Kunming, Kunming 650041, Yunnan, China.
authors.forename: Ya-ling
authors.initials: YL
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Yan-wei
authors.initials: YW
authors.lastname: Qi
authors.forename: Jin-song
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Bai
authors.forename: Ming-wu
authors.initials: MW
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Qin
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Zhao
mesh_terms: D000163:Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / Q000276:immunology* / Q000628:therapy; D000328:Adult; D018791:CD4 Lymphocyte Count; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D018529:Nutritional Support