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. 2023 Jun;34(7):484-487.
doi: 10.1177/09564624231162163. Epub 2023 Mar 15.

HbA1c screening for diabetes mellitus and to evaluate diabetic control in people of African ancestry with HIV in South London

Laura Cechin  1 , Lucy Campbell  1 , Amelia Oliveira  1 , Louise M Goff  2 , Frank A Post  1   2
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HbA1c screening for diabetes mellitus and to evaluate diabetic control in people of African ancestry with HIV in South London

Laura Cechin et al. Int J STD AIDS. 2023 Jun.

Abstract

We evaluated glycaemic status in 948 Black adults with HIV and report a high prevalence of dysglycaemia (37.2%). HbA1c testing identified 38 (4.0%) individuals not previously known to have diabetes mellitus (DM) and showed suboptimal or poor glycaemic control in more than half of those with a prior DM diagnosis despite high levels of HIV control.

Keywords: HIV; HbA1c; black ethnicity; diabetes.

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The author(s) declared no potential conflicts of interest with respect to the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article.

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