Assessing Nutrient Intake and Nutrient Status of HIV Seropositive Patients Attending Clinic at Chulaimbo Sub-District Hospital, Kenya

Table 2

HIV seropositive patients by mean nutrient intake and sex.

Nutrients	Sex and RDA	Mean; SD (±)	February; 𝑛=497	March; 𝑛=495	April; 𝑛=493	May; 𝑛=493	June; 𝑛=493	July; 𝑛=493	Average
Protein (g)	Male; 56	Mean; SD	40.43 ± 11.41	41.51 ± 15.19	42.53 ± 15.42	42.54 ± 14.93	40.16 ± 12.48	42.73 ± 14.76	41.65 ± 15.67
	Female; 46	Mean; SD	40.83 ± 11.23	39.02 ± 11.90	39.93 ± 11.86	38.89 ± 10.97	37.88 ± 9.96	38.81 ± 10.93	39.23 ± 11.89
Iron (mg)	Male; 8	Mean; SD	10.35 ± 3.40	10.48 ± 3.17	10.48 ± 3.45	10.52 ± 3.06	10.57 ± 2.97	10.56 ± 3.01	10.49^a  ± 3.49
	Female; 18	Mean; SD	10.54 ± 3.29	10.46 ± 3.39	10.43 ± 3.28	10.41 ± 3.24	10.50 ± 3.10	10.44 ± 3.21	10.47 ± 3.40
Calcium (mg)	Male; 1200	Mean; SD	415.10 ± 280.77	500.20 ± 312.50	499.98 ± 323.64	499.86 ± 324.6	507.59 ± 312.00	502.71 ± 321.33	487.57 ± 306.15
	Female; 1200	Mean; SD	561.41 ± 320.30	541.40 ± 319.47	538.58 ± 324.31	534.66 ± 321.96	542.89 ± 310.48	534.33 ± 317.74	542.21 ± 320.59
Vit A (IU)	Male; 17000	Mean; SD	3874.14 ± 4468.34	4039.83 ± 4390.48	3999.07 ± 4422.36	4245.36 ± 4370.88	4281.56 ± 4340.79	4265.56 ± 4353.56	4117.59 ± 4347.50
	Female; 17000	Mean; SD	4535.39 ± 6510.64	5150.39 ± 6766.37	4935.38 ± 6741.48	5119.59 ± 6662.64	5157.73 ± 6636.02	5138.88 ± 6649.87	5006.23 ± 6660.74
Vit C (mg)	Male; 90	Mean; SD	49.54± 28.38	52.05 ± 27.22	51.78 ± 26.84	50.38 ± 27.69	49.97 ± 24.48	51.01 ± 27.25	52.01 ± 28.28
	Female; 75	Mean; SD	47.06 ± 26.84	54.66 ± 23.64	52.79 ± 25.05	53.08 ± 25.21	52.70 ± 24.06	52.92 ± 24.82	52.20 ± 24.93
Thiamine (mg)	Male; 1.2	Mean; SD	1.63 ± 0.52	1.68 ± 0.73	1.68 ± 0.72	1.66 ± 0.68	1.58 ± 0.62	1.68 ± 0.67	1.65^a  ± 0.66
	Female 1.1	Mean; SD	1.76 ± 0.66	1.73 ± 0.71	1.78 ± 0.81	1.72 ± 0.68	1.60 ± 0.61	1.73 ± 0.67	1.72^a  ± 0.69
Riboflavin (mg)	Male; 1.3	Mean; SD	0.44 ± 0.35	0.44 ± 0.41	0.42 ± 0.74	0.46 ± 0.42	0.46 ± 0.42	0.47 ± 0.42	0.45 ± 0.43
	Female; 1.1	Mean; SD	0.42 ± 0.38	0.42 ± 0.39	0.43 ± 0.42	0.47 ± 0.43	0.46 ± 0.43	0.48 ± 0.43	0.45 ± 0.43
Niacin (mg)	Male; 16	Mean; SD	10.21 ± 3.40	10.49 ± 4.62	10.63 ± 4.46	10.08 ± 3.55	10.08 ± 3.56	10.05 ± 3.62	10.38 ± 3.96
	Female; 14	Mean; SD	10.86 ± 4.47	10.63 ± 4.69	10.75 ± 4.56	10.15 ± 3.99	10.16 ± 3.97	10.12 ± 4.03	10.45 ± 4.52

^a Above RDA.