However, using Cox regression to adjust for age, initial CD4 count, country of birth there was no significant difference in the Hazard for death between persons with diabetes and persons without diabetes (aHR = 0.99, 95%CI = 0.65-1.5), P = 0.9.<h4>Conclusions</h4>The prevalence of diabetes in our HIV cohort was high. Here, CD4 is linked to diabetes mellitus.