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Table 5 Effects of intervention on body mass index (BMI), blood CD4 count, and alanine aminotransferase (ALT)

From: Effects on mortality of a nutritional intervention for malnourished HIV-infected adults referred for antiretroviral therapy: a randomised controlled trial

  

n

Mean at end of study (SD)

Difference in means (95% CI)

P value

Adjusted difference in means a (95% CI)

P value

BMI (kg/m2)

LNS-VM

421

18.5 (1.8)

0.15 (−0.10–0.41)

0.23

0.15 (−0.08–0.37)

0.20

 

LNS

392

18.4 (1.9)

    

CD4 count/μL

LNS-VM

404

297 (188)

17 (−8–42)

0.18

25 (4–46)

0.02

 

LNS

355

280 (154)

    

ALT (U/L)

LNS-VM

74

26.4 (1.4)

−0.3 (−4.4–3.9)

0.90

−0.98 (−5.2–3.3)

0.65

 

LNS

62

26.6 (1.6)

    
  1. CI, Confidence interval; LNS, Lipid-based nutritional supplement without added vitamins and minerals; LNS-VM, Lipid nutritional supplement with added vitamins and minerals.
  2. aAdjusted for baseline values; sample size for adjusted analysis for ALT was reduced because of missing baseline values: 71 in LNS-VM, 61 in LNS.