Differentiating transient from persistent diabetic range hyperglycemia in a cohort of people completing tuberculosis treatment in Dhaka, Bangladesh.
Yosra M A AlkababSamanta BiswasShahriar AhmedKishor Kumar PaulJyothi NagajyothiSayera BanuScott HeysellPublished in: PloS one (2021)
HbA1c testing prior to and at TB treatment completion found a high prevalence of prediabetes and DM, including a proportion found at treatment completion and commonly in people with a higher percentage of weight gain. Further longitudinal research is needed to understand the effects of TB disease and treatment on insulin resistance and DM complications.
Keyphrases
- weight gain
- mycobacterium tuberculosis
- body mass index
- type diabetes
- metabolic syndrome
- magnetic resonance imaging
- combination therapy
- hepatitis c virus
- physical activity
- oxidative stress
- brain injury
- skeletal muscle
- blood brain barrier
- weight loss
- birth weight
- risk factors
- cerebral ischemia
- electronic health record