The nutritional status of children and adolescents with HIV/AIDS on antiretroviral therapy.
The objective of this cross-sectional study was to assess the nutritional status of children and adolescents with human immunodeficiency virus/acquired immune deficiency syndrome (HIV/AIDS) receiving highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART). One hundred and eighteen subjects aged 6-19 years attending an outpatient clinic in São Paulo city were involved in the study. The following anthropometric measurements were assessed: weight, height, waist circumference and triceps and subscapular skinfold thickness. One (0.9%) adolescent was diagnosed with abdominal obesity based on waist circumference measurement; three (2.5%) adolescents were obese based on subscapular skinfold thickness. According to the body mass index, the population studied was mainly eutrophic. The prevalence of fat redistribution, a characteristic of patients with HIV/AIDS under HAART, was low. We advise the development of further studies to assess the nutritional status of children and adolescents with HIV/AIDS using anthropometric measurements as well as computed tomography to detect fat redistribution.
Department of Nutrition, Public Health School, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
Déborah Teixeira
DT
Souza
Patrícia Helen Carvalho
PH
Rondó
Ligia Cardoso
LC
Reis
D000293:Adolescent; D000886:Anthropometry; D023241:Antiretroviral Therapy, Highly Active; D050218:Body Fat Distribution; D015992:Body Mass Index; D002648:Child; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000821:virology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009752:Nutritional Status; D009765:Obesity / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology*; D015995:Prevalence; D012885:Skinfold Thickness; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D055815:Young Adult