Alcohol & Metabolic Comorbidities in PLWHA: Evidence Driven Interventions

Cross-sectional and prospective studies are proposed to test the prediction that a higher proportion of HIV+ individuals with hazardous alcohol drinking with subclinical fasting dysglycemia will present with impaired oral glucose tolerance and dysfunctional metabolic skeletal muscle phenotype. Prospective studies will test the efficacy of an exercise intervention in improving glycemic control. Results will inform larger scale interventions to ameliorate metabolic comorbidities, improve health, quality of life, and possibly decrease hazardous alcohol drinking.