INS and Insulin resistance: Related to the index of insulin resistance in HIV patients there was a positive correlation between insulin and TG/HDL (r = 0.64, p = 0.0001), between HOMA and TG/HDL (r = 0.61, p = 0.0001) and a negative correlation was seen between adiponectin and TG/HDL (r = − 0.50, p = 0.0011).