Effect of ready-to-use supplementary food on mortality in severely immunocompromised HIV-infected individuals in Africa initiating antiretroviral therapy (REALITY): an open-label, parallel-group, randomised controlled trial.
Mallewa J, Szubert AJ, Mugyenyi P, Chidziva E, Thomason MJ, Chepkorir P, Abongomera G, Baleeta K, Etyang A, Warambwa C, Melly B, Mudzingwa S, Kelly C, Agutu C, Wilkes H, Nkomani S, Musiime V, Lugemwa A, Pett SL, Bwakura-Dangarembizi M, Prendergast AJ, Gibb DM, Walker AS, Berkley JA; REALITY trial team.
Mallewa J, et al.
Lancet HIV. 2018 May;5(5):e231-e240. doi: 10.1016/S2352-3018(18)30038-9. Epub 2018 Apr 10.
Lancet HIV. 2018.
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Clinical Trial.
In both groups, individuals received supplementation with RUTF only when severely malnourished (ie, body-mass index [BMI] <16-18 kg/m(2) or BMI-for-age Z scores <-3 for children). We did the randomisation with computer-generated, sequentially numbered tables with dif …
In both groups, individuals received supplementation with RUTF only when severely malnourished (ie, body-mass index [BMI] <16-18 kg/m …