Metabolic Profile of People Living with HIV in a Treatment Hub in Manila, Philippines: A Pre- and Post-Antiretroviral Analysis.

32 Although low CD4 count did not reach statistical significance in our study, we hypothesize that the risk of dyslipidemia was mitigated by the presence of malnutrition, debilitation, malabsorption, or hepatic dysfunction. 33 , 34 Our results however, support the association between the progressive decline in HDL-C and the increase in TG level with worsening immunosuppression. 24-28,30 Our study reports a 10.4% hyperglycemia prevalence before ART initiation.

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