This conference abstract reports plasma selenium and chromium in Ugandan children living with HIV, children exposed to HIV but uninfected, and unexposed children. Mean plasma chromium was 1 µg/L, and the authors judged chromium concentrations sufficient.
Key numbers
- Mean plasma chromium 1 µg/L; one HIV-positive child and six HIV-exposed uninfected children had levels above 1 µg/L (Results, p. S879).
- HIV-positive group n = 57; mean age of all participants 7 years (Results, p. S879).
Methods (brief)
Cross-sectional study; plasma chromium and inflammation markers; analytical method not stated in the abstract.
Evidence fitness
Supports only a coarse statement that plasma chromium averaged about 1 µg/L in this Ugandan pediatric cohort. It does not support group comparisons, because statistical results are truncated in the printed abstract.
Limitations
Conference abstract; analytical method, detection limit and full group sizes not given; p-values missing from the printed text.
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