2.1. Participants
From March 2008 to January 2009, a total of 143 HIV-infected subjects were recruited at the Day
Care Hospital of the Central Hospital of Yaounde. Subjects had been previously diagnosed as infected
with HIV and followed up at the day care hospital.
Adults confirmed as infected with HIV who agreed to participate in the study were included. All
those with an acute intercurrent infection, on drugs that can modify the glucose or lipid profile other
than HAART (steroids, insulin, etc.), actively taking tobacco, with renal failure (calculated creatinine
clearance