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Table 1 Studies characteristics

From: Nutritional status of HIV-infected patients during the first year HAART in two West African cohorts

 

ATARAO

ANRS 1215/1290

# patients recruited/# patients retained in analyses

273/250

404/372

Inclusion criteria (cohort)

•≥16 years old

•HIV-1 infected

•Naive to ART

•15 years old

•Qualified for HAART

•Non-pregnant

•Reside close to one of the study center

•Qualified for HAART

Exclusion criteria (analyses)

•Pregnancy

•Non naive to ART

•HIV-2 infection or co-infection

 

Start/end date of recruitment

June 2007/January 2008

August 1998/April 2002

Length of FU

1 year

Up to 107 months

# LTFU(%)/# dead (%)

82 (30%)/22 (8%)

7 (2%)/45(11%)

First line regimen

2 nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors (NRTI) + 1 non-NRTI (NNRTI) (>84% received Triomune)

2 NRTIs + 1 NNRTI or one protease inhibitor (41.8%), 4.4% received 2 NRTIs alone before May 2000 [33], 30% received zidovudine

Nutrition support

Daily free meals and cooking classes, available to all patients, offered at 1 center.

None