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ArticleHIV/AIDS (Auckland, N.Z.)2026

Incidence and Predictors of Hyperglycemia Among Adults Receiving Dolutegravir-Based Antiretroviral Therapy at Mbarara Regional Referral Hospital HIV Clinic, Uganda: A Retrospective Cohort Study.

Arinaitwe Medard, Mwesigwa Geoffrey, Asiimwe Derrick, Ikiriza Anthony, Muyindike Winnie, Stephen Asiimwe

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Arinaitwe MedardDepartment of Community Health, Faculty of Medicine, Mbarara University of Science and Technology, Mbarara, Uganda.
Mwesigwa GeoffreyImmune Suppression Syndrome Clinic, Mbarara Regional Referral Hospital, Mbarara, Uganda.
Asiimwe DerrickDepartment of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, Mbarara University of Science and Technology, Mbarara, Uganda.
Ikiriza AnthonyDepartment of Public Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, Mountains of the Moon University, Fort Portal, Uganda.
Muyindike WinnieImmune Suppression Syndrome Clinic, Mbarara Regional Referral Hospital, Mbarara, Uganda.
Stephen AsiimweDepartment of Community Health, Faculty of Medicine, Mbarara University of Science and Technology, Mbarara, Uganda.ORCID 0000-0001-6440-0036

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Background: Dolutegravir (DTG)-based antiretroviral therapy is widely used in sub-Saharan Africa, but routine-care evidence on incident hyperglycemia after DTG initiation or substitution remains limited in southwestern Uganda. Purpose: To determine the incidence and predictors of documented hyperglycemia among adults receiving DTG-based antiretroviral therapy at Mbarara Regional Referral Hospital. Patients and Methods: We conducted a retrospective cohort study using routine clinical records of adults who initiated or switched to DTG-based ART between 1 January 2019 and 31 December 2023. Documented incident hyperglycemia was defined as fasting glucose ≥7.0 mmol/L or random glucose ≥11.1 mmol/L with documented classic symptoms. Cox proportional hazards regression estimated adjusted hazard ratios (aHRs); age was modeled per 10-year increase. The proportional-hazards assumption was assessed using Schoenfeld residuals. Results: Of 8,859 adults in the descriptive cohort, 8,856 contributed positive follow-up time. Seventy-four documented hyperglycemia events occurred over 29,157.74 person-years, an incidence rate of 2.54 per 1,000 person-years (95% CI 1.99-3.19). The smoothed hazard increased after DTG initiation/substitution, peaked at approximately 1.1 years, and declined thereafter. Higher hazard was associated with older age (per 10 years: aHR 1.70, 95% CI 1.33-2.18), prior thymidine analogue NRTI exposure (aHR 3.27, 95% CI 1.20-8.89), and ≥15 years of ART before DTG (aHR 5.63, 95% CI 1.39-22.77). The global proportional-hazards test was not significant (p=0.70). Conclusion: Documented hyperglycemia was uncommon but was associated with older age and markers of long-term ART exposure. Risk-stratified glucose monitoring should be considered, particularly during the first year after DTG initiation/substitution and among higher-risk patients.

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antiretroviral therapycox regressiondolutegravirHIVhyperglycemiaincidencepredictorsUganda

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PMCPMC13640994

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