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Effects of diabetes mellitus on virologic and immunologic outcomes of patients on first line antiretroviral therapy in a military population in South Africa

Dissertation (MSc (Pharmacology))--University of Pretoria, 2018.

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spelling oai:repository.up.ac.za:2263/110116 Effects of diabetes mellitus on virologic and immunologic outcomes of patients on first line antiretroviral therapy in a military population in South Africa Muntingh, George ella.hlekani@gmail.com Bale, Ella Hlekani HIV diabetic mellitus HIV non-Diabetic Mellitus Diabetes Mellitus virologic failure immunologic failure. Dissertation (MSc (Pharmacology))--University of Pretoria, 2018. Background: Africa faces a dual burden of chronic non-communicable diseases and infectious diseases, such as Diabetes Mellitus (DM) and Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS). The alarming rate of Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) infection led South Africa to become the largest antiretroviral therapy (ART) roll out programme, leading to multiple co-morbidities. Although good results from HIV control were obtained through ART, the area of HIV and DM co-morbidity concerning virologic and immunology, is underresearched. Research design and methods: The study included the duration of survival for HIV patients with DM (HIV DM) and for those with HIV but without DM (HIV Non-DM), through examining their immunologic and virologic status. Their Viral Load (VL) defines virologic status and CD4 cell count defines immunological status in both groups over a 12-month period in South African military setting, comprising six different antiretroviral (ARV) roll out sites. The relationship between VL and CD4 cell counts in terms of virological failure (VF) and immunological failure (IF) respectively; of HIV DM and HIV Non-DM during a 12-month period was examined using Poisson and Cox regression models. xvi Results: Amongst 1380 patients, 47 indicated HIV and DM while 1333 indicated HIV but were Non-DM. The study sample was predominantly male, with the majority from a rural area with varying educational levels, ranging from tertiary level, secondary, high school and illiterate population. In the Cox regression of VL analysis, DM and Non-DM do not differ significantly (P value = 0.986) after adjusting for the significant covariates, such as Haemoglobin (Hb) (P=0.006), being female (P Pharmacology MSc (Pharmacology) 2026-05-15T17:26:20Z 2026-05-15T17:26:20Z 18/02/15 2018 Dissertation http://hdl.handle.net/2263/110116 en application/pdf
spellingShingle HIV diabetic mellitus
HIV non-Diabetic Mellitus
Diabetes Mellitus
virologic failure
immunologic failure.
Effects of diabetes mellitus on virologic and immunologic outcomes of patients on first line antiretroviral therapy in a military population in South Africa
title Effects of diabetes mellitus on virologic and immunologic outcomes of patients on first line antiretroviral therapy in a military population in South Africa
title_full Effects of diabetes mellitus on virologic and immunologic outcomes of patients on first line antiretroviral therapy in a military population in South Africa
title_fullStr Effects of diabetes mellitus on virologic and immunologic outcomes of patients on first line antiretroviral therapy in a military population in South Africa
title_full_unstemmed Effects of diabetes mellitus on virologic and immunologic outcomes of patients on first line antiretroviral therapy in a military population in South Africa
title_short Effects of diabetes mellitus on virologic and immunologic outcomes of patients on first line antiretroviral therapy in a military population in South Africa
title_sort effects of diabetes mellitus on virologic and immunologic outcomes of patients on first line antiretroviral therapy in a military population in south africa
topic HIV diabetic mellitus
HIV non-Diabetic Mellitus
Diabetes Mellitus
virologic failure
immunologic failure.
url http://hdl.handle.net/2263/110116