@article {5218, title = {Higher Time-updated Body Mass Index: Association with Improved CD4+ Cell Recovery on HIV Treatment.}, journal = {Journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes (1999)}, year = {2016}, month = {2016 Apr 21}, abstract = {Prior studies found overweight or obese HIV-infected individuals had greater early CD4+ cell recovery on antiretroviral therapy (ART), but the results have been inconsistent. We assessed the longitudinal relationship between body mass index (BMI) and CD4+ cell recovery on ART in a large, multi-site cohort to identify potential physiologic links between adiposity and CD4+ cell expansion.}, issn = {1944-7884}, doi = {10.1097/QAI.0000000000001035}, author = {Koethe, John R and Jenkins, Cathy A and Lau, Bryan and Shepherd, Bryan E and Wester, William and Rebeiro, Peter F and Silverberg, Michael J and Thorne, Jennifer E and Gill, John and Mayor, Angel M and Willig, Amanda and Bosch, Ronald and Horberg, Michael A and Justice, Amy C and Sterling, Timothy R and Moore, Richard D} }