Diabetes mellitus and impaired fasting glucose in ART-naïve patients with HIV-1, HIV-2 and HIV-1/2 dual infection in Guinea-Bissau: a cross-sectional study

Background The prevalence of diabetes mellitus (DM) is expected to increase in sub-Saharan Africa. Patients with HIV are at particular risk. We investigated the DM burden among antiretroviral therapy (ART)-naïve patients with HIV in Guinea-Bissau. Methods Patients were consecutively included. Demogr...

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Veröffentlicht in:Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 2016-04, Vol.110 (4), p.219-227
Hauptverfasser: Steiniche, Ditte, Jespersen, Sanne, Erikstrup, Christian, Krarup, Henrik, Handberg, Aase, Østergaard, Lars, Haraldsdottir, Thorny, Medina, Candida, Gomes Correira, Faustino, Laursen, Alex Lund, Bjerregaard-Andersen, Morten, Wejse, Christian, Hønge, Bo Langhoff
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Zusammenfassung:Background The prevalence of diabetes mellitus (DM) is expected to increase in sub-Saharan Africa. Patients with HIV are at particular risk. We investigated the DM burden among antiretroviral therapy (ART)-naïve patients with HIV in Guinea-Bissau. Methods Patients were consecutively included. Demographic and lifestyle data were collected and one fasting blood glucose (FBG) measurement was used to diagnose DM (FBG≥7.0 mmol/L) and impaired fasting glucose (IFG) (FBG≥6.1 and
ISSN:0035-9203
1878-3503
DOI:10.1093/trstmh/trw017