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- Title
Iron status and indicators of human immunodeficiency virus disease severity among pregnant women in Malawi.
- Authors
Semba, R D; Taha, T E; Kumwenda, N; Mtimavalye, L; Broadhead, R; Miotti, P G; Chiphangwi, J D
- Abstract
The relationships among hemoglobin, ferritin, and transferrin receptor levels and 2 markers of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) disease severity--HIV load and CD4(+) lymphocyte count--were characterized among 483 pregnant women in Malawi, Africa. The only significant correlation was an inverse correlation between hemoglobin level and plasma HIV load (r=-.104; P<.03). The prevalence of iron deficiency anemia was not significantly different across quartiles of HIV load or CD4(+) lymphocyte count. In contrast to previous studies, these data suggest that iron status is not related to markers of HIV disease severity in pregnant women in Africa.
- Publication
Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America, 2001, Vol 32, Issue 10, p1496
- ISSN
1058-4838
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1086/320167