Obi Samuel Nnamdi, Ifebunandu Ngozi Appolonia, Onyebuchi Azubuike K
University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital Enugu, Nigeria.
J Infect Dev Ctries. 2010 Nov 24;4(11):745-9. doi: 10.3855/jidc.863.
HIV positive individuals are prone to malnutrition due to inadequate dietary intake. Additionally, in low-income countries, including Nigeria, stigmatization and discrimination result in a lack of support for HIV-positive individuals ultimately contributing to even further reduced food availability and inadequate dietary intake. This study aimed to determine the nutrirional status of HIV-positive individuals on free, highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) in Abakaliki, southeast Nigeria.
Subjective global assessment (SGA) technique was used to survey the nutritional status of 120 HIV-positive individuals and a control group over a one-year period.
All the HIV-positive individuals and their control group were physically active, with a third of them belonging to the lower socioeconomic status. There were significantly more malnourished individuals among the HIV-positive group than in the control group (P < 0.05).
Malnutrition is common among HIV-positive patients in southeast Nigeria.
由于饮食摄入不足，艾滋病毒呈阳性的个体容易出现营养不良。此外，在包括尼日利亚在内的低收入国家，污名化和歧视导致艾滋病毒呈阳性的个体缺乏支持，最终导致食物供应进一步减少和饮食摄入不足。本研究旨在确定尼日利亚东南部阿巴卡利基接受免费高效抗逆转录病毒疗法（HAART）的艾滋病毒呈阳性个体的营养状况。
采用主观全面评定法（SGA）对120名艾滋病毒呈阳性个体和一个对照组进行了为期一年的营养状况调查。
所有艾滋病毒呈阳性个体及其对照组身体均较为活跃，其中三分之一属于社会经济地位较低者。艾滋病毒呈阳性组中营养不良的个体明显多于对照组（P < 0.05）。
在尼日利亚东南部，营养不良在艾滋病毒呈阳性患者中很常见。
