TABLE I.
Contributing Factors for Malnutrition in HIV diseaselegend
| Reduced nutrient intake |
| Anorexia without apparent cause |
| Anorexia due to opportunistic infections and malignancy |
| Anorexia due to medication |
| Inability to take nutrients (dementia, CNS processes) |
| Inflammatory, infectious, or malignant GI processes |
| Malabsorption |
| Opportunistic infections |
| Malignancy |
| HIV enteropathy |
| Metabolic abnormalities |
| Cytokine-mediated abnormalities (multicausal) |
| Changes in energy expenditure |
| Increased muscle proteolysis |
| Inefficient protein synthesis |
| Futile cycling? |
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CNS, central nervous system; GI, gastrointestinal; HIV, human immunodeficiency virus.