2012
Predictors of stunting, wasting and underweight among Tanzanian children born to HIV-infected women
McDonald CM, Kupka R, Manji KP, Okuma J, Bosch RJ, Aboud S, Kisenge R, Spiegelman D, Fawzi WW, Duggan CP. Predictors of stunting, wasting and underweight among Tanzanian children born to HIV-infected women. European Journal Of Clinical Nutrition 2012, 66: 1265-1276. PMID: 23031850, PMCID: PMC3491141, DOI: 10.1038/ejcn.2012.136.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdolescentAdultBody HeightBody WeightDouble-Blind MethodEducational StatusFemaleGrowth DisordersHIV InfectionsHumansInfantInfant, Low Birth WeightInfant, NewbornInfant, PrematureInfectious Disease Transmission, VerticalMaleMalnutritionPremature BirthPrevalenceProportional Hazards ModelsReference ValuesSex FactorsSocioeconomic FactorsTanzaniaThinnessWasting SyndromeYoung AdultConceptsBirth weightFirst episodeTanzanian childrenMultivariate Cox proportional hazards methodMaternal educationLow infant birth weightCox proportional hazards methodDevelopment of undernutritionInfant birth weightLow Apgar scoreModifiable risk factorsLow birth weightChild HIV infectionHuman immunodeficiency virusPredictors of stuntingRisk of undernutritionProportional hazards methodsLow maternal educationWeeks of ageMorbidity historiesApgar scoreChild transmissionMedian durationPreterm infantsHIV infection
2005
Selenium status, pregnancy outcomes, and mother-to-child transmission of HIV-1.
Kupka R, Garland M, Msamanga G, Spiegelman D, Hunter D, Fawzi W. Selenium status, pregnancy outcomes, and mother-to-child transmission of HIV-1. JAIDS Journal Of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes 2005, 39: 203-10. PMID: 15905738.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPregnancy outcomesPregnant womenChild transmissionLow selenium statusHIV transmissionMaternal HIV disease progressionHIV-positive pregnant womenSelenium statusDirect epidemiologic evidenceMTCT of HIVLow plasma selenium levelsHIV disease progressionPoor pregnancy outcomesRisk of motherWeeks of gestationMother-child pairsPlasma selenium levelsAdequate selenium statusFetal deathGestational ageEpidemiologic evidenceLow birthweightDisease progressionGenital tractHIV-1