Weight, body composition and handgrip strength among pulmonary tuberculosis patients: A matched cross-sectional study in Mwanza, Tanzania

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 105, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 140-147

  PrayGod, George ^a   Range, Nyagosya ^b   Faurholt Jepsen, Daniel ^c   Jeremiah, Kidola ^a   Faurholt Jepsen, Maria ^c   Aabye, Martine G ^d   Jensen, Lotte ^d   Jensen, Andreas V ^d   Grewal, Harleen M S ^e   Magnussen, Pascal ^f   Changalucha, John ^a   Andersen, Aase Bengaard ^d   Friis, Henrik ^c  

^a National Institute for Medical Research (Mwanza Branch)   (Tanzania)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Tanzania)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^e HAUKELAND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^f DANISH BILHARZIASIS LABORATORY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Body composition; Handgrip strength; HIV; Nutritional status; Pulmonary tuberculosis; Weight

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARM MUSCLE; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY FAT; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GRIP STRENGTH; HAND GRIP; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT; TANZANIA;

ADULT; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY WEIGHT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HAND STRENGTH; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MALNUTRITION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TANZANIA; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 79951771682     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trstmh.2010.11.009     Document Type: Article

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