Socio-Demographic and Anthropometric Variables of Persons Living with HIV and AIDS in Uyo, South Eastern Nigeria
| Autor: | Mildred E. John, D.C. Opara ., I.B. Umoh |
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| Rok vydání: | 2007 |
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Nutrition and Dietetics
business.industry Voluntary counseling and testing Socio demographics Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) Anthropometry medicine.disease_cause medicine.disease Age groups Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) Environmental protection medicine Health education business South eastern Food Science Demography |
| Zdroj: | Pakistan Journal of Nutrition. 6:547-557 |
| ISSN: | 1680-5194 |
| DOI: | 10.3923/pjn.2007.547.557 |
| Popis: | The socio-demographic and anthropometric characteristics of 290 (154 females and 136 males) Persons Living with HIV and AIDS (PLWHA) has been assessed. They were randomly selected from a total of 1280 infected persons who registered for anti retroviral therapy at the University of Uyo Teaching Hospital, Uyo, South Eastern Nigeria. The results revealed that the age group 31-43 years were the most affected, females (53.1%) were significantly (p 0.05) in the BMI values of both males and females and MUAC values of females of the different age groups. The difference in MUAC values of males of the different age groups was statistically significant (p |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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