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Body mass index changes and predictors among adults living with HIV/AIDS who are on anti-retroviral therapy at Chiro General Hospital, Eastern Ethiopia: a facility-based retrospective cohort study.
BMC Nutr
January 2025
School of Public Health, Collage of Health and Medical Sciences, Haramaya University, Harar, Ethiopia.
Background: Human immunodeficiency virus continues to be a major global public health issue. Body mass index is a general indicator of nutritional status and has emerged as a powerful predictor of morbidity and mortality among adult PLHIV initiating antiretroviral therapy in resource-limited settings. However, there is a dearth of information regarding longitudinal changes in body mass index and its predictors among adult PLHIV in Ethiopia, particularly in the study area.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPrevalence and risk factors of under-five mortality due to severe acute malnutrition in Africa: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
Syst Rev
January 2025
Bill and Joyce Cummings Institute of Global Health, University of Global Health Equity (UGHE), Butaro, Rwanda.
Background: Despite a global drop of under-five mortality by 59% between 1990 and 2019, it remains high in Low- and Middle- income Countries (LMICs)with a preponderance in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), Southern and Central Asia. Besides preterm and intrapartum complications, undernutrition contributes 45% of the deaths in these developing regions. In Africa, under-five mortality due to severe acute malnutrition (SAM) has stagnated at 10-40%, higher than WHO targets and the SDGs projections.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFImpact of advanced lung cancer inflammation index on all-cause mortality among patients with heart failure: a systematic review and meta-analysis with reconstructed time-to-event data.
Cardiooncology
January 2025
Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Gill Heart Institute, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, USA.
Background: Heart failure (HF) is associated with systemic inflammation and hypercatabolic syndrome, impacting body metabolism. The advanced lung cancer inflammation index (ALI) is a novel inflammatory and nutritional biomarker. We aimed to investigate the prognostic role of ALI in patients with HF.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe association of body roundness index and body mass index with frailty and all-cause mortality: a study from the population aged 40 and above in the United States.
Lipids Health Dis
January 2025
Department of Cardiovascular, The First Affiliated Hospital, and College of Clinical Medicine of Henan University of Science and Technology, Luoyang, China.
Background: The relationship between body roundness index (BRI), a new obesity index, and frailty has not been established. This study aims to compare the associations of traditional obesity index body mass index (BMI) and BRI with frailty and the risk of all-cause mortality.
Methods: The clinical data of 15,157 participants over 40 years old from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) from 2003 to 2018 were analyzed.
Antenatal care visits and its determinants among women in Afar regional state: North Eastern Ethiopia.
BMC Health Serv Res
January 2025
Department of Statistics, College of Natural and Computational Sciences, Samara University, Semera, Ethiopia.
Background: Antenatal care is an essential component of maternal healthcare that plays a crucial role in promoting the health and well-being of both mother and baby. While previous studies have examined factors influencing antenatal care visits in other parts of Ethiopia, there is a lack of research specifically focusing on the Afar region. This study aimed to assess determinants of antenatal care visits among pregnant women in Afar region, Ethiopia.
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