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ABSTRACT:
SUBMITTER: Koss CA
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4752388 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes (1999) 20160301 3
Food insecurity is associated with poor virologic outcomes, but this has not been studied during pregnancy and breastfeeding. We assessed sustained viral suppression from 8 weeks on antiretroviral therapy to 48 weeks postpartum among 171 pregnant and breastfeeding Ugandan women; 74.9% experienced food insufficiency. In multivariable analysis, food insufficiency [adjusted odds ratio (aOR) 0.38, 95% confidence interval (CI): 0.16 to 0.91], higher pretreatment HIV-1 RNA (aOR 0.55 per 10-fold increa ...[more]