Lipodystrophy diagnosis in people living with HIV/AIDS: prediction and validation of sex-specific anthropometric models

Background Body composition alterations, or lipodystrophy, can lead to serious health problems in people living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA). The objectives of this study are to predict and validate sex-specific anthropometric predictive models for the diagnosis of lipodystrophy in PLWHA. Methods A cross-s...

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Published in:	BMC public health Vol. 18; no. 1; pp. 806 - 14
Main Authors:	dos Santos, André P., Navarro, Anderson M., Schwingel, Andiara, Alves, Thiago C., Abdalla, Pedro P., Venturini, Ana Claudia R., de Santana, Rodrigo C., Machado, Dalmo R. L.
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	London BioMed Central 27.06.2018 BioMed Central Ltd Springer Nature B.V BMC
Subjects:	Acquired immune deficiency syndrome AIDS Anthropometry Antiretroviral drugs Antiviral agents Biostatistics Biostatistics and methods Body composition Body measurements Cardiovascular diseases cART Diagnosis Disease Dosage and administration Drug therapy Environmental Health Epidemiology Gender differences Health aspects HIV HIV (Viruses) HIV patients Human immunodeficiency virus Life expectancy Linear models (Statistics) Linear regression models Lipids Lipoatrophy Lipodystrophy Lipohypertrophy Low income groups Medical diagnosis Medical imaging Medical personnel Medicine Medicine & Public Health Metabolism Methods Prediction models Public Health Research Article Risk factors Sexually transmitted diseases STD Vaccine Womens health Lipoatrophy cART Anthropometry Body composition Lipohypertrophy
ISSN:	1471-2458, 1471-2458
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