Anthropometrics and examiner-reported body habitus abnormalities in the multicenter AIDS cohort study.

Palella, Frank J; Cole, Stephen R; Chmiel, Joan S; Riddler, Sharon A; Visscher, Barbara; Dobs, Adrian; Williams, Carolyn · Clin Infect Dis · 2004

cross_sectional · Level IV

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Abstract

We undertook anthropometric assessments of 530 HIV-seropositive and 314 HIV-seronegative men in the Multicenter AIDS Cohort Study at a regular visit that occurred between 1 April and 30 September 1999. We found anthropomorphic differences that were independent of age: the 384 seropositive men receiving HAART had diminished body size and higher frequency and severity of body habitus abnormalities, particularly lipoatrophy, compared with the 314 seronegative men.

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