Food Insecurity Is Associated With Inflammation Among Women Living With HIV

• Published in: The Journal of infectious diseases Vol. 219; no. 3; pp. 429 - 436
• Main Authors: Leddy, Anna M., Roque, Annelys, Sheira, Lila A., Frongillo, Edward A., Landay, Alan L., Adedimeji, Adebola A., Wilson, Tracey E., Merenstein, Daniel, Wentz, Eryka, Adimora, Adaora A., Ofotokun, Igho, Metsch, Lisa R., Cohen, Mardge H., Tien, Phyllis C., Turan, Janet M., Turan, Bulent, Weiser, Sheri D.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: US Oxford University Press 09.01.2019
• Subjects: Acquired immune deficiency syndrome; Adult; AIDS; Antiretroviral drugs; Antiretroviral therapy; Body Mass Index; CD4 antigen; Cross-Sectional Studies; Female; Food; Food security; Food Supply - statistics & numerical data; HIV; HIV Infections - drug therapy; HIV Infections - epidemiology; HIV Infections - immunology; HIV/AIDS; Human immunodeficiency virus; Humans; Inflammation; Inflammation - epidemiology; Inflammation - immunology; Interleukin 6; Interleukin-6 - immunology; Linear Models; Major and Brief Reports; Middle Aged; Multivariate Analysis; Receptors, Tumor Necrosis Factor, Type I - immunology; Tumor necrosis factor receptors; United States - epidemiology; Womens health; United States; women living with HIV; inflammatory cytokines; HIV; food insecurity; chronic inflammation

Abstract Background Chronic inflammation is associated with AIDS-defining and non-AIDS–defining conditions. Limited research has considered how food insecurity influences chronic inflammation among people living with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). We examined whether food insecurity was associa...