TY - JOUR AU - Umar, David Mohammed AU - Naidoo, Panjasaram PY - 2021 DA - 2021/02/04 TI - Prevalence and predictors of diabetes mellitus among persons living with HIV: a retrospective cohort study conducted in 4 public healthcare facilities in KwaZulu-Natal JO - BMC Public Health SP - 288 VL - 21 IS - 1 AB - Diabetes mellitus is a chronic non-infectious medical condition which is evident by raised levels of glucose in the blood, because the body cannot produce any or enough of the hormone insulin or use insulin effectively. Diabetes, if not well managed leads to complications such as neuropathy, retinopathy, nephropathy which can be fatal. Some of the factors that predisposes to diabetes include older age, higher body mass index, heredity and hypertension. SN - 1471-2458 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-021-10318-6 DO - 10.1186/s12889-021-10318-6 ID - Umar2021 ER -