Longitudinal anthropometric assessment of infants born to HIV-1-infected mothers, Belo Horizonte, southeastern Brazil.

Abstract
The study was a longitudinal evaluation of the z-scores for the weight-for-age (WAZ), weight-for-length (WLZ) and length-for-age (LAZ) data collected from a cohort. A total of 97 non-infected and 33 HIV-infected infants born to HIV-1-infected mothers in Belo Horizonte, Southeastern Brazil, between 1995 and 2003 was studied. The average follow-up period for the infected and non-infected children was 15.8 months (variation: 6.8 to 18.0 months) and 14.3 months (variation: 6.3 to 18.6 months), respectively. A mixed-effects linear regression model was used and was fi tted using a restricted maximum likelihood.
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Keywords
Infant, Body weights and measures, Growth and development, HIV infections
Citation
FAUSTO, M. A. et al. Longitudinal anthropometric assessment of infants born to HIV-1-infected mothers, Belo Horizonte, southeastern Brazil. Revista de Saúde Pública, v. 45, p. 652-60, 1991. Disponível em: <http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0034-89102011000400003>. Acesso em: 08 nov. 2014.