Diabetes and metabolic complications among patients with HIV and AIDS
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HIV infection, as well as its treatment with highly active retroviral therapy (HAART), is associated with a number of metabolic abnormalities such as insulin resistance, glucose intolerance and dyslipidaemia. The aim of this descriptive cross sectional study was to describe the prevalence of diabetes, impaired fasting glucose, dyslipidaemia and obesity among patients with HIV or AIDS who were followed up at the National Sexually Transmitted Diseases (STD) campaign in the year 2010, and to assess the associated factors.
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