Trajectories of BMI Before, During, and After the COVID-19 Pandemic Among Participants in the MACS/WIHS Combined Cohort Study
Contrary to our hypothesis, we observed a downward BMI trajectory back to baseline with the exception of those with residential instability in the post-COVID-19 pandemic period after a statistically significant weight gain during the pandemic. Understanding factors associated with decreasing BMI trajectories in the postpandemic period is important in continuing to address the obesity epidemic in the United States.
Authors
- Phyllis C. Tien
- María L. Alcaide (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4648-0145)
- Andrew Edmonds (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6768-0096)
- Ernesto T. A. Marques (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3826-9358)
- Deborah Gustafson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9556-8560)
- Caitlin A. Moran (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8436-0465)
- Shivanjali Shankaran (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0911-7438)
- Jordan E. Lake (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0640-5514)
- Michael W Plankey (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4554-7483)
- Jenni M. Wise (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3325-0335)
- Todd T. Brown (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8599-278X)
- Aruna Chandran (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7411-2852)
- Anjali Sharma (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3909-3174)
- Frank J. Palella (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2277-6841)
- Sarah Olson
Institutions
- Rush University Medical Center (US)
- Albert Einstein College of Medicine (US)
- Johns Hopkins University (US)
- University of Miami (US)
- Emory University (US)
- University of Pittsburgh (US)
- Emory and Henry College (US)
- University of California, San Francisco (US)
- SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University (US)
- Georgetown University (US)
- Johns Hopkins Medicine (US)
- Miller College (US)
- University of Alabama at Birmingham (US)
- Office of Multidisciplinary Activities (US)
- Department of Health (ZA)
Publication Details
- Journal
- JAIDS Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes
- Published
- 2025-10-09
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1097/qai.0000000000003779
- Primary Topic
- Cardiovascular Disease and Adiposity
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00