PREVALENCE OF INFECTIOUS RISK FACTORS AND CHANGES IN BODY WEIGHT AMONG THE HIV-INFECTED POPULATION

Abstract

As is well known, independent risk factors that contribute to the development and exacerbation of chronic gastroduodenal diseases (CGDD) include infectious factors (such as Helicobacter pylori infection, HPI) and changes in body weight, both in the direction of reduction (underweight, UW) and increase (overweight, OW). Therefore, this study investigated these factors within the HIV-infected population and identified the "epidemiological pathways" linking HIV infection to CGDD in the examined individuals.