Risk factors for high early mortality in patients on antiretroviral treatment in a rural district of Malawi

Zachariah, Rony; Fitzgerald, Margaret; Massaquoi, Moses; Pasulani, Olesu; Arnould, Line; D Makombe, Simon; Harries, Anthony

doi:10.1097/qad.0b013e32801086b0

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Risk factors for high early mortality in patients on antiretroviral treatment in a rural district of Malawi

Published in AIDS • Nov 18, 2006

Authors:

Rony Zachariah

Margaret Fitzgerald

Moses Massaquoi

Abstract

OBJECTIVES: Among adults started on antiretroviral treatment (ART) in a rural district hospital (a) to determine the cumulative proportion of deaths that occur within 3 and 6 months of starting ART, and (b) to identify risk factors that may be associated with such mortality. DESIGN AND SETTING: A cr...

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Medicine

Malnutrition

Body mass index

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