Naheed Akhter
Department of Medicine, CMH institute of Medical Sciences, Bahawalpur, PakistanPublications
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Research
Pre-Diabetes among HIV-Infected Individuals Receiving HAART: Prevalence, Diagnostic Tests, and Associated Factors, a Cross-Sectional Study
Author(s): Saba Iqbal*, Naheed Akhter, Haseeb Mukhtar, Hina Sadaf, Sayed Asif Jahanzeb Kazmi and Zobiah Hafeez
Background: In our common practice we use highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) which has resulted in a dramatic decrease in mortality and morbidity in HIV-infected patients. Components of HAART, as well as HIV infection itself, can have significant effects on developing new-onset diabetes and this risk will increase if the patient has a positive family history of diabetics. Objective: To determine the frequency of prediabetes among HIV-infected individuals. Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted through a Non-probability consecutive sampling technique. A retrospective descriptive study was performed on 374 cases in the tertiary care centre in Lahore, Pakistan from September 2020 to April 2021 Results: The association between the prevalence of prediabetes and risk factors was analyzed. Among 374 HIV-infected patients, the mean age was 37.80 years, and 65% were male and .. Read More»