Diagnosis and Treatment of Endocrine Disorders in the HIV-Infected Patient

Figure 4: Resting energy expenditure (REE)

From International Association of Physicians in AIDS Care

February, 1998

Resting energy expenditure (REE) in controls, HIV-positive patients, and patients with AIDS and AIDS plus secondary infection expressed as kilojoules per kilogram of body weight (1 kilocalorie = 4.18 kJ).

*P<.025 vs control group.
**P<.0001 vs control group, P<.025 vs HIV-positive group.
***P<.0001 vs control group, P<.01 vs HIV-positive group.

Adapted from Grunfeld et al.¹⁰ Reprinted with permission of the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition.

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