Percentage change at 6Â months from baseline, by CD4 count | |||||||
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 | Nutritional supplement | Control | |||||
Parameter | Baseline | 6Â months | % change* | Baseline | 6Â months | % change | p value |
< 100 cells/mm 3 | N = 13 |  |  | N = 9 |  |  |  |
Fat Free Mass (FFM; kg) | 37.4 (34.2 – 43.2) | 41.2 (35.6 – 51.7) | 14.1 (1.6 – 19.2) | 41.7 (39.1 – 47.1) | 40.2 (35.7 – 42.9) | 3.9 (−11.0 – 7.3) | 0.811 |
Total Body Water (TBW; kg) | 26.8 (23.5 – 31.4) | 29.4 (24.9 – 36.8) | 10.9 (2.5 – 21.1) | 29.5 (26.5 – 36.3) | 28.5 (25.2 – 30.9) | 1.4 (−18.5 – 15.1) | 0.806 |
Intracellular Water (ICW; kg) | 14.3 (12.5 – 18.4) | 16.6 (13.7 – 21.5) | 13.6 (2.0 – 21.5) | 16.8 (14.7 – 18.9) | 15.8 (13.9 – 17.5) | 1.6 (−18.0 – 15.7) | 0.804 |
Extracellular Water (ECW; kg) | 11.4 (10.6 – 14.1) | 12.9 (11.5 – 15.4) | 7.8 (3.0 – 19.9) | 13.2 (11.3 – 17.2) | 12.4 (11.6 – 14.2) | 0.6 (−20.5 – 14.3) | 0.805 |
Basal metabolic rate (BMR) | 1264 (1205 – 1393) | 1291 (1229 – 1520) | 4.1 (2.4 – 9.2) | 1348 (1285 – 1379) | 1349 (1255 – 1403) | 2.4 (−0.4 – 9.2) | 0.179 |
Physical activity score | 15.0 (14.0 – 20.0) | 11.0 (10.5 – 12.5) | −38.7 (−51.1 – -22.5) | 14.0 (13.0 – 16.0) | 11.5 (10.5 – 16.0) | −8.9 (−25.9 – 9.8) | 0.028 |
≥ 100 cells/mm 3 | N = 6 |  |  | N = 10 |  |  |  |
Fat Free Mass (FFM; kg) | 42.0 (25.5 – 42.8) | 42.5 (36.3 – 44.2) | 17.4 (5.0 – 29.8) | 42.3 (37.8 – 50.0) | 39.8 (35.5 – 52.4) | −5.4 (−15.3 – -0.8) | 0.025 |
Total Body Water (TBW; kg) | 30.1 (19.1 – 30.4) | 24.0 (12.0 – 32.7) | 13.7 (7.0 – 20.4) | 30.8 (25.0 – 36.5) | 27.3 (24.2 – 38.6) | −8.2 (−18.7 – 0.4) | 0.143 |
Intracellular Water (ICW; kg) | 16.0 (9.6 – 16.7) | 15.9 (13.2 – 16.8) | 16.0 (4.8 – 27.3) | 18.6 (15.0 – 21.3) | 16.8 (12.6 – 22.9) | −7.9 (−18.3 – -2.2) | 0.016 |
Extracellular Water (ECW; kg) | 13.4 (9.5 – 14.4) | 14.6 (10.8 – 15.9) | 10.7 (9.4 – 12. 0) | 12.0 (10.7 – 15.8) | 11.6 (10.5 – 15.6) | −3.2 (−19.9 – 0.9) | 0.015 |
Basal metabolic rate (BMR) | 1292 (1092 – 1345) | 1418 (1226 – 1441) | 8.0 (5.1 – 10.9) | 1379 (1205 – 1471) | 1365 (1190 – 1512) | −0.8 (−1.6 – 1.2) | 0.040 |
Physical activity score | 19.5 (16.0 – 28.0) | 13.0 (12.0 – 16.0) | −36.8 (−53.6 – 33.3) | 13.5 (12.0 – 17.0) | 11.0 (10.0 – 18.0) | −20.0 (−23.1 – 10.0) | 0.630 |