Abstract

To test whether clinically stable human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection, like other infections, is associated with insulin resistance and increased insulin clearance, we measured the sensitivity to insulin and insulin clearance using the euglycemic insulin clamp technique in 10 clinically stable outpatients with symptomatic HIV infection (Centers for Disease Control [CDC] group IV) and 10 healthy controls. During administration of 0.8 and 4 mU insulin · kg −1 · min −1, HIV-infected men had 40% ( P < .02) and 83% ( P < .01) higher rates of insulin clearance when compared with healthy controls. Despite significantly lower steady-state insulin concentrations (42 ± 2 v 52 ± 4 μU/mL, P < .05, and 255 ± 17 v 392 ± 14 μU/mL, P < .001, patients v controls), patients and controls had similar total glucose uptake (7.99 ± 0.81 v 7.92 ± 0.44 mg · kg −1 · min −1 and 14.00 ± 0.81 v 13.65 ± 0.65 mg · kg −1 · min −1, patients v controls). In the postabsorptive state, no differences were found between patients and controls in insulin levels (7 ± 1 μU/mL in both) and endogenous glucose production (2.52 ± 0.07 and 2.24 ± 0.17 mg · kg −1 · min −1, respectively), but plasma glucose levels in the patients (5.02 ± 0.15 mmol/L) were significantly lower when compared with controls (5.46 ± 0.14 mmol/L, P < .05). The results indicate that HIV-infected men have increased rates of insulin clearance and increased sensitivity of peripheral tissues to insulin, which makes HIV infection unique with regard to glucose and insulin metabolism.

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