BMI as a predictor of high fasting blood glucose among people living with HIV in the Asia‐Pacific region
Background Non‐Asian body mass index (BMI) classifications are commonly used as a risk factor for high fasting blood glucose (FBG). We investigated the incidence and factors associated with high FBG among people living with HIV in the Asia‐Pacific region, using a World Health Organization BMI classi...
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Veröffentlicht in: | HIV medicine 2023-02, Vol.24 (2), p.139-152 |
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Zusammenfassung: | Background
Non‐Asian body mass index (BMI) classifications are commonly used as a risk factor for high fasting blood glucose (FBG). We investigated the incidence and factors associated with high FBG among people living with HIV in the Asia‐Pacific region, using a World Health Organization BMI classification specific to Asian populations.
Methods
This study included people living with HIV enrolled in a longitudinal cohort study from 2003 to 2019, receiving antiretroviral therapy (ART), and without prior tuberculosis. BMI at ART initiation was categorized using Asian BMI classifications: underweight ( |
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ISSN: | 1464-2662 1468-1293 |
DOI: | 10.1111/hiv.13351 |