BMI as a predictor of high fasting blood glucose among people living with HIV in the Asia-Pacific region.

ABSTRACT:

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 (<18.5 kg/m² ), normal (18.5-22.9 kg/m² ), overweight (23-24.9 kg/m² ), and obese (≥25 kg/m² ). High FBG was defined as a single post-AR

SUBMITTER: Khuon D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9789206 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature