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2172565

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PredicateObject
rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
1990-12-4
pubmed:abstractText
As the AIDS epidemic in the United States moves steadily into the IV drug-abusing population, knowledge of factors related to immune suppression and disease progression gain in public health importance. Indicators of nutritional status, consisting of anthropometric and hematologic data as well as demographic data, were obtained from a random sample of 130 clients in a New York City methadone treatment center. Subjects for this study were selected according to the entry criteria established for inclusion in a large-scale study of the role of nutritional factors and cell-mediated immunity in a group at high risk of HIV seropositivity. Our results indicate a larger than U.S. population-average heterogeneity for Body Mass Index, hematocrit, and hemoglobin concentration, parameters which are conventionally thought to be proxies for general nutritional status. The findings indicate that while some methadone treatment clients are at low nutritional risk, others are probably at very high risk of adverse drug-nutrient and drug-body habitus interactions as well as being at high risk of acquiring infections commonly associated with HIV-related immunodeficiency.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0740-5472
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
7
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
161-5
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1990
pubmed:articleTitle
Indicators of nutritional status among clients from a New York City methadone treatment center.
pubmed:affiliation
Division of Preventive and Behavioral Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester 01655.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't