Insulin resistance in the HIV-infected population: the potential role of mitochondrial dysfunction.

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Insulin resistance is accepted as the underlying fundamental defect that predates and ultimately leads to the development of type 2 (adult onset) diabetes mellitus in the general non-human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected population. Insulin resistance is also a major component of the metabolic syndrome that, in association with other factors such as hypertension, hypercholesterolemia, and central obesity,...

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