Micronutrients, Metabolic Complications, and Inflammation in Ugandan Children With HIV

Background: Selenium, zinc, and chromium are essential micronutrients. Their alterations have been associated with HIV disease progression, metabolic complications, and mortality. Methods: This is a cross‐sectional study in children with perinatally acquired HIV (PHIV, n = 57), HIV‐exposed uninfected (HEU, n = 59), and HIV‐unexposed uninfected (HIV−, n = 56) children aged 2 to 10 years old, age‐ and sex‐matched, enrolled in Uganda. PHIV were on...