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Risk of micronutrient deficiencies at different severity levels of wasting in adults with pulmonary tuberculosis with and without HIV co-infection. |
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| Mild wasting |
Moderate wasting |
Severe wasting |
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| BMI 17.0–18.49 |
BMI 16.0–16.99 |
BMI <16.0 |
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| Deficiency |
O.R. (95% C.I.)* |
P-value |
O.R. (95% C.I.)* |
P-value |
O.R. (95% C.I.)* |
P-value |
| Vitamin A deficiency |
0.81 (0.58–1.13) |
0.20 |
1.59 (1.03–2.47) |
0.03 |
3.51 (2.19–5.72) |
0.0001 |
| Lowest quartile of Total Carotenoids |
0.92 (0.62–1.36) |
0.67 |
2.46 (1.57–3.85) |
0.0001 |
1.82 (1.18–2.83) |
0.007 |
| Vitamin E deficiency |
0.86 (0.54–1.37) |
0.54 |
1.24 (0.70–2.18) |
0.46 |
1.13 (0.64–1.97) |
0.68 |
| Zinc deficiency |
0.71 (0.45–1.15) |
0.17 |
0.61 (0.37–1.00) |
0.05 |
0.76 (0.46–1.24) |
0.27 |
| Selenium deficiency |
1.59 (1.04–2.43) |
0.03 |
1.16 (0.62–2.17) |
0.65 |
3.25 (1.38–7.62) |
0.007 |
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* Adjusted for sex (male), age (per year) and HIV load (quartiles, where category 0 is HIV negative and category 3 is the highest. | ||||||
van Lettow et al. BMC Infectious Diseases 2004 4:61 doi:10.1186/1471-2334-4-61 |
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