People with HIV have a higher risk of developing Type 2 diabetes, according to the results of a study published in the medical journal BMJ Open Diabetes Research and Care. And this, even in the absence ofobesity.
Researchers at the University of Atlanta in the United States conducted a study with a representative sample of 8,600 people treated in the United States for HIV in 2009 and 2010.
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A high prevalence of diabetes among people with HIV
In this population, scientists observed a rate of diabetes by 10.3%. However, the average rate of this pathology in the United States is 8.4%.
More than half of those living with HIV (52%) have been diagnosed with type 2 diabetes, 4% of them have declared type 1 diabetes and 44% of patients are affected by type 2 diabetes.
“But even if we rule out these factors, as well as other possible confounding factors (gender, ethnicity, level of education and income, or rate of infection withHepatitis C), the proportion of diabetics is 3.8% higher in the seropositive group analyzed than in the general population, ”said Alfonso C Hernandez-Romieu, from the epidemiology department at the University of Atlanta.
As the prevalence of diabetes is high in people with HIV, screening guidelines should be in place for early diagnosis of the disease.
“Further research will help decide whether infection with HIV must now figure among the risk factors for diabetes and adapt the monitoring of this population accordingly, ”concludes Alfonso C Hernandez-Romieu.
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