The impact of food assistance on weight gain and disease progression among HIV-infected individuals accessing AIDS care and treatment services in Uganda

Table 2 Average treatment effect (ATT) of food assistance on change in weight of people living with HIV

Change in Weight	Food assistance Recipients (n)	Matched Controls (n)	ATT^a(absolute value of t-statistic)
Overall	3329	10685	0.36 (3.46)**
*Conditional estimates*
Without ART	2783	9661	0.36 (2.40)*
With ART	546	1120	0.19 (0.43)
Baseline WHO stage 1	327	1479	-0.2 (0.55)
Baseline WHO stage 2	2329	7318	0.26 (2.3)*
Baseline WHO stage 3	615	1807	0.2 (1.8)⁺
Baseline WHO stage 4	58	129	1.9 (1.9)⁺

^a Absolute value of t-statistics on ATT, in parentheses, are based on bootstrapped standard errors
** significant at 1% ; *significant at 5% ; + significant at 10%

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