2015
Weight Change After Antiretroviral Therapy and Mortality
Yuh B, Tate J, Butt AA, Crothers K, Freiberg M, Leaf D, Logeais M, Rimland D, Rodriguez-Barradas MC, Ruser C, Justice AC. Weight Change After Antiretroviral Therapy and Mortality. Clinical Infectious Diseases 2015, 60: 1852-1859. PMID: 25761868, PMCID: PMC4542664, DOI: 10.1093/cid/civ192.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBaseline body mass indexVeterans Aging Cohort StudyNormal weight patientsART initiationWeight gainWeight changeHuman immunodeficiency virus-infected patientsLower mortalityDisease severityAntiretroviral therapy initiationMultivariable Cox modelVirus-infected patientsAging Cohort StudyMedian weight changeBody mass indexYears of ARTGreater disease severityVACS IndexAntiretroviral therapyTherapy initiationBaseline weightCohort studyObese patientsSurvival benefitHemoglobin levels
2005
BRIEF REPORT: Identification and Management of Overweight and Obesity by Internal Medicine Residents
Ruser CB, Sanders L, Brescia GR, Talbot M, Hartman K, Vivieros K, Bravata DM. BRIEF REPORT: Identification and Management of Overweight and Obesity by Internal Medicine Residents. Journal Of General Internal Medicine 2005, 20: 1139-1141. PMID: 16423105, PMCID: PMC1490269, DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1497.2005.0263.x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsManagement of overweightBody mass indexInternal medicine residentsOverweight patientsObese patientsExcess weightMedicine residentsCross-sectional medical record reviewObese primary care patientsHigher body mass indexInternal medicine resident clinicCo-morbid illnessMedical record reviewPrimary care patientsIdentification of overweightPatient characteristicsPatient demographicsCare patientsMass indexRecord reviewResident clinicOverweightObesityPatientsResident physicians