Body Mass Index

Epidemiology of tuberculosis in an urban slum of Dhaka City, Bangladesh

BACKGROUND: The objectives of this study were to assess the tuberculosis (TB) burden and to provide an insight into the type of circulating M. tuberculosis species in urban slums of Bangladesh. We also aimed to test the feasibility of a larger …

Highly active antiretroviral therapy-induced lipodystrophy has minor effects on human immunodeficiency virus-induced changes in lipolysis, but normalizes resting energy expenditure

Combination antiretroviral therapy for the treatment of human immunodeficiency virus type 1-infected patients is associated with development of the lipodystrophy syndrome (LD). We previously showed that plasma levels of free fatty acids are higher in …