Conference abstract
Prevalence of malnutrition and risk factors of dyslipidemia among HIV infected adolescents in Cameroon
Pan African Medical Journal - Conference Proceedings. 2023:18(51).03
Oct 2023.
doi: 10.11604/pamj-cp.2023.18.51.1997
Archived on: 03 Oct 2023
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Keywords: Nutritional status, dyslipidemia, HIV/AIDS patient, adolescents
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Prevalence of malnutrition and risk factors of dyslipidemia among HIV infected adolescents in Cameroon
Tomnyuy Shaidu Habilu1,&, Choumessi Aphrodite1
1The University of Bamenda, Bamenda, Cameroon
&Corresponding author
Introduction: for more than 30 years now, HIV/AIDS has been a major public health threat globally, in Africa including Cameroon. The high prevalence of malnutrition and dyslipidemia among HIV/AIDS patients has been challenging the actual efficiency of ART, especially in resource-limited settings. This study aimed to assess the prevalence of malnutrition and risk factors of dyslipidemia among HIV-infected adolescents in Cameroon.
Methods: a hospital-based cross-sectional study was carried out through questionnaires administration to collect sociodemographic information, feeding habits, medical information, and anthropometric characteristics of HIV-infected adolescents at the Bamenda regional hospital through a convenient random sampling method. Participant’s plasma samples were used for the quantification of calcium, albumin, total cholesterol, HDL cholesterol, and triglycerides and estimation of LDL cholesterol. The data was analyzed using SPSS version 26 and the online WHO Anthroplus survey analyzer
Résultats: a total of 133 participants were enrolled in the study with an age range from 10 to 19 years. Of the 133 participants, 70 (52.6%) were males. The median frequency of food groups was once a week. Underweight and stunted growth were significantly higher (P=0.005, p=0.004) in males as compared to females. The main risk factors of dyslipidemia identified were sex, acute malnutrition, undernutrition, line of treatment, adherence to ART, calcium levels, and albumin levels.
Conclusion: the prevalence of malnutrition was high. Several factors were found to be associated with dyslipidemia in HIV-infected adolescents among which was the therapy itself. We recommend an effective and safe lipid-lowering medication for these patients as HAART may interact lipid lipid-lowering medication.
Prevalence of malnutrition and risk factors of dyslipidemia among HIV infected adolescents in Cameroon
Tomnyuy Shaidu Habilu1,&, Choumessi Aphrodite1
1The University of Bamenda, Bamenda, Cameroon
&Corresponding author
Introduction: for more than 30 years now, HIV/AIDS has been a major public health threat globally, in Africa including Cameroon. The high prevalence of malnutrition and dyslipidemia among HIV/AIDS patients has been challenging the actual efficiency of ART, especially in resource-limited settings. This study aimed to assess the prevalence of malnutrition and risk factors of dyslipidemia among HIV-infected adolescents in Cameroon.
Methods: a hospital-based cross-sectional study was carried out through questionnaires administration to collect sociodemographic information, feeding habits, medical information, and anthropometric characteristics of HIV-infected adolescents at the Bamenda regional hospital through a convenient random sampling method. Participant’s plasma samples were used for the quantification of calcium, albumin, total cholesterol, HDL cholesterol, and triglycerides and estimation of LDL cholesterol. The data was analyzed using SPSS version 26 and the online WHO Anthroplus survey analyzer
Résultats: a total of 133 participants were enrolled in the study with an age range from 10 to 19 years. Of the 133 participants, 70 (52.6%) were males. The median frequency of food groups was once a week. Underweight and stunted growth were significantly higher (P=0.005, p=0.004) in males as compared to females. The main risk factors of dyslipidemia identified were sex, acute malnutrition, undernutrition, line of treatment, adherence to ART, calcium levels, and albumin levels.
Conclusion: the prevalence of malnutrition was high. Several factors were found to be associated with dyslipidemia in HIV-infected adolescents among which was the therapy itself. We recommend an effective and safe lipid-lowering medication for these patients as HAART may interact lipid lipid-lowering medication.
