Baseline characteristics of patients and healthy controls.

Data are presented as mean (SD).†Delta, differences between clamp and basal values. HAART, highly active antiretroviral therapy; PI, protease inhibitor; NRTI, nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor; NNRTI, non- nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor. HOMA-IR, homeostatic model assessment for insulin resistance, Rate of appearance and disappearance, Rate of appearance and disappearance of glucose during a euglycemic-hyperinsulinemic clamp performed in both HIV patients and healthy controls.*P**P***P****Pt-test.