Prediabetes, Diabetes Common Among Patients With HIV Infection, Study Finds

Infectious Disease Advisor (5/24, Nye) reported, “Prediabetes and diabetes are common among patients with HIV infection and can be sufficiently identified via fasting blood glucose or hemoglobin A1C (HbA1C) screening, according to study results published in The Journal of Infectious Diseases.” In the study, “dysglycemia was associated with older age, higher BMI, and more advanced HIV status before antiretroviral therapy initiation, while diabetes was associated with older age, higher BMI, Ethiopian origin, HIV disease duration, and lower CD4+ nadir.”