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SUBMITTER: Hasse B
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4281814 | biostudies-other | 2014 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
Hasse Barbara B Iff Martin M Ledergerber Bruno B Calmy Alexandra A Schmid Patrick P Hauser Christoph C Cavassini Matthias M Bernasconi Enos E Marzolini Catia C Tarr Philip E PE Aubert V V Barth J J Battegay M M Bernasconi E E Böni J J Bucher H C HC Burton-Jeangros C C Calmy A A Cavassini M M Egger M M Elzi L L Fehr J J Fellay J J Furrer H H Fux C A CA Gorgievski M M Günthard H H Haerry D D Hasse B B Hirsch H H HH Hösli I I Kahlert C C Kaiser L L Keiser O O Klimkait T T Kouyos R R Kovari H H Ledergerber B B Martinetti G G Martinez de Tejada B B Metzner K K Müller N N Nadal D D Pantaleo G G Rauch A A Regenass S S Rickenbach M M Rudin C C Schöni-Affolter F F Schmid P P Schultze D D Schüpbach J J Speck R R Staehelin C C Tarr P P Telenti A A Trkola A A Vernazza P P Weber R R Yerly S S
Open forum infectious diseases 20140701 2
<h4>Background</h4>The factors that contribute to increasing obesity rates in human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-positive persons and to body mass index (BMI) increase that typically occurs after starting antiretroviral therapy (ART) are incompletely characterized.<h4>Methods</h4>We describe BMI trends in the entire Swiss HIV Cohort Study (SHCS) population and investigate the effects of demographics, HIV-related factors, and ART on BMI change in participants with data available before and 4 year ...[more]