The effect of protease inhibitors on weight and body composition in HIV-infected patients
Silva M, Skolnik P, Gorbach S, Spiegelman D, Wilson I, Fernández-DiFranco M, Knox T. The effect of protease inhibitors on weight and body composition in HIV-infected patients. AIDS 1998, 12: 1645-1651. PMID: 9764784, DOI: 10.1097/00002030-199813000-00012.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLean body massPI therapyHIV infectionWeight gainViral loadPhysical functioningHealth perceptionBody compositionCurrent health perceptionsActive antiretroviral therapyPI treatmentProtease inhibitor therapyBody mass indexGreater weight gainHuman growth hormoneAntiretroviral therapyHIV cohortBody massInhibitor therapyMass indexOptimal therapyFat massAnabolic stimuliPatientsGrowth hormone