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Open Forum Infect Dis. 2019 Sep 30;6(10):ofz298. doi: 10.1093/ofid/ofz298. eCollection 2019 Oct.

Recommended First-Line Antiretroviral Therapy Regimens and Risk of Diabetes Mellitus in HIV-Infected Adults in Resource-Limited Settings.

Open forum infectious diseases

Ninutcha Paengsai, Gonzague Jourdain, Nicolas Salvadori, Apichat Tantraworasin, Jean Yves Mary, Tim Roy Cressey, Romanee Chaiwarith, Chureeratana Bowonwatanuwong, Sorakij Bhakeecheep, Natapong Kosachunhanun

Affiliations

  1. Clinical Epidemiology Program, Faculty of Medicine, Chiang Mai University, Thailand.
  2. National Health Security Office, Bangkok, Thailand.
  3. Institut de Recherche pour le Developpement (IRD), France.
  4. Department of Medical Technology, Faculty of Associated Medical Sciences, Chiang Mai University, Thailand.
  5. Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts.
  6. Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Chiang Mai University, Thailand.
  7. INSERM UMR 1135, Equipe ECSTRA, Centre de Recherche Epidémiologie et Biostatistique Sorbonne Paris Cité, Université Paris Diderot, France.
  8. Department of Molecular and Clinical Pharmacology, University of Liverpool, United Kingdom.
  9. Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Chiang Mai University, Thailand.
  10. Department of Medicine, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand.
  11. School of Medicine, University of Phayao, Thailand.

PMID: 31660327 PMCID: PMC6778321 DOI: 10.1093/ofid/ofz298

Abstract

OBJECTIVE: The use of some antiretroviral drugs has been associated with a higher risk of diabetes mellitus (DM) in HIV-infected patients, but the risk associated with antiretroviral drug combinations remains unclear. We investigated the association between first-line antiretroviral therapy (ART) regimens, recommended by the World Health Organization (WHO) in 2016, and the risk of DM in adults.

METHOD: We selected all HIV-infected adults within the Thai National AIDS Program who started a first-line ART regimen consisting the following between October 2006 and September 2013: zidovudine+lamivudine+nevirapine; tenofovir disoproxil fumarate (TDF)+lamivudine+nevirapine; zidovudine+lamivudine+efavirenz; TDF+lamivudine/emtricitabine+efavirenz; zidovudine+lamivudine+ritonavir-boosted lopinavir (LPV/r); or TDF+lamivudine+LPV/r. Diagnosis of DM was defined as having at least 2 of the following characteristics: fasting plasma glucose ≥126 mg/dl, 2010 WHO ICD-10 codes E11-E14, or prescription of antidiabetic drugs. To identify ART regimens associated with DM, we used competing risks regression models that considered mortality without DM as a competing event and adjusted for sex, age, pancreas disease, and stratified by groups defined by a score summarizing the propensity to receive a specific first-line ART regimen.

RESULTS: Data from 35 710 adults (49.1% male; median age, 35.0 years; median follow-up, 2.0 years) were included. In the multivariable analysis with zidovudine+lamivudine+nevirapine as the reference group, a higher risk of DM was observed with TDF+lamivudine/emtricitabine+efavirenz (adjusted sub-distribution hazard ratio [aSHR], 1.6; 95% confidence interval [CI], 1.3-1.9), zidovudine+lamivudine+efavirenz (aSHR, 2.0; 95% CI, 1.7-2.3), and TDF+lamivudine+LPV/r (aSHR, 2.7; 95% CI, 1.9-3.9).

CONCLUSIONS: Several of the WHO recommended ART regimens, particularly tenofovir + lamivudine +LPV/r and regimens containing efavirenz, may be associated with an increased risk of DM.

© The Author(s) 2019. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of Infectious Diseases Society of America.

Keywords: HIV; antiretroviral treatment regimen; diabetes mellitus; efavirenz; ritonavir-boosted lopinavir

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