       Document 0354
 DOCN  M9640354
 TI    Weight, height and human immunodeficiency virus infection in young
       children of infected mothers. The European Collaborative Study.
 DT    9604
 SO    Pediatr Infect Dis J. 1995 Aug;14(8):685-90. Unique Identifier :
       AIDSLINE MED/96016434
 AB    In a longitudinal study of weight and height over the first 4 years of
       life, 123 human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected and 654 uninfected
       children of similar social background were compared. By 3 months of age
       there was a 400-g (8.0%) difference in weight and an 0.8-cm (1.3%)
       difference in height between infected and uninfected children. After age
       1 year the differences stabilized and infected children were, on
       average, approximately 6% less heavy and 2% shorter than uninfected
       children. Most of the weight difference was explained by differences in
       height, particularly after age 1 year. Although statistically
       significant the difference between infected and uninfected children was
       small. Weight and height measurements were not useful indicators of
       infection. Before 6 months of age differences in weight velocity could
       not be explained by HIV-related morbidity and might have been related to
       a primary HIV infection. At older ages growth failure associated with
       HIV infection could be attributed to secondary HIV-related morbidity.
 DE    *Body Height  *Body Weight  Child, Preschool  Disease Transmission,
       Vertical  Human  HIV Infections/*PHYSIOPATHOLOGY/TRANSMISSION  Infant
       Infant, Newborn  Longitudinal Studies  Support, Non-U.S. Gov't  JOURNAL
       ARTICLE

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