The impact of malnutrition on survival and the CD4 count response in HIV‐infected patients starting antiretroviral therapy

Abstract

Malnutrition at the time of starting ART was significantly associated with decreased survival, but the effect appeared not to be mediated by impaired immune reconstitution. Given the increasing access to ART in developing countries and the high frequency of HIV-associated wasting, studies of nutritional therapy as an adjunct to the initiation of HAART are urgently needed.