Table 2.
Food intake parameters of HIV-positive subjects with lipodystrophy.
| Parameters* | Group A | Group B | ||
| Baseline | End of study | Baseline | End of study | |
| Energy (kcal) | 1852 ± 799 | 1623 ± 732 | 1819 ± 733 | 1972 ± 837 |
| Protein (g) | 101.7 ± 41.4 | 80.7 ± 42.5 | 86.9 ± 38.5 | 102.8 ± 54.1 |
| Lipids (g) | 66.7 ± 41.3 | 54.2 ± 30.4 | 61.8 ± 38.9 | 63.6 ± 39.5 |
| Saturated fat (mg) | 26 ± 18.9 | 20 ± 11.7 | 21.2 ± 14.5 | 22.1 ± 14.5 |
| Polyunsaturated fat (mg) | 6.0 ± 3.8 | 4.5 ± 3.5 | 5.8 ± 5.6 | 6.8 ± 6.2 |
| Monounsaturated fat (mg) | 6 (2-28) | 6 (0-14) | 7 (0-53) | 6 (0-78) |
| Cholesterol (mg) | 216 ± 102 | 214 ± 116 | 238.0 ± 204.0 | 260.4 ± 158.2 |
The data were collected during consultations and were based on recall of food intake that was representative of the subject's usual diet. Data were analyzed using a Brazilian computerized dietary database (NUTRI – EPM – Escola Paulista de Medicina).
p>0.05 between groups and over time. Continuous variables with normal distributions were expressed as a mean ± standard deviation; in this case, comparisons across groups were done using an unpaired t-test. Nonparametric Mann-Whitney tests were used to compare variables with non-normal distributions, which are expressed as a median and range. Paired t-tests for means or Wilcoxon signed rank tests (if data were not normally distributed) were used to compare variables at two time points.