Journal of AIDS & Clinical Research

Ronald C Hershow

Publications

• Research Article
  Changes in Body Mass Index Following HAART Initiation among HIVInfected Women in the Women's Interagency HIV Study
  Author(s): Anjali Sharma, Shalanda A Bynum, Michael F Schneider, Christopher Cox, Phyllis C Tien, Ronald C Hershow, Deborah Gustafson and Michael W PlankeyAnjali Sharma, Shalanda A Bynum, Michael F Schneider, Christopher Cox, Phyllis C Tien, Ronald C Hershow, Deborah Gustafson and Michael W Plankey
  
  Objective: Examine changes in, and factors associated with changing body mass index (BMI) in women following highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) initiation. Methods: 1177 HIV-infected Women’s Interagency HIV Study participants who contributed 10,754 years of followup following HAART initiation were studied. Changes in median BMI up to 15 years following HAART initiation, and the highest and lowest BMI reached following HAART initiation were summarized by pre-HAART BMI category (<18.5 [underweight], 18.5-<25.0 [normal weight], 25.0-<30.0 [overweight], 30.0-<40.0 [obese], and ≥ 40.0 [morbidly obese]). Multivariate mixed effects ordinal logistic regression estimated the degree of association of each exposure of interest with post-HAART BMI. Results: Before HAART, 39% percent of women had normal BMI, 31% were overweight, 23% were obese, and 5% were morbidly o.. Read More»
  DOI: 10.4172/2155-6113.1000323

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