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. 2023 Mar 22;10:1120083. doi: 10.3389/fmed.2023.1120083

Table 3.

Stratified analyses of bone mineral density in respondents, according to age in HBsAg or HCV-RNA seropositivity.

Hepatitis B and C
HBsAg (–) HBsAg (+) P -value HCV-RNA (–) HCV-RNA (+) P -value
TFB
20–39 0 −0.001 (−0.023, 0.021) 0.90
40–59 0 −0.006 (−0.017, 0.005) 0.28 0 −0.011 (−0.032, 0.010) 0.32
60–70 0 −0.009 (−0.021, 0.003) 0.16 0 −0.012 (−0.043, 0.020) 0.47
FNB
20–39 0 0.002 (−0.020, 0.024) 0.87 0 −0.001 (−0.072, 0.071) 0.99
40–59 0 −0.001 (−0.011, 0.010) 0.87 0 0.011 (−0.010, 0.033) 0.30
60–70 0 −0.007 (−0.019, 0.005) 0.23 −0.015 (−0.046, 0.016) 0.35
TSB
20–39 0 0.004 (−0.017, 0.025) 0.70 0 −0.025 (−0.109, 0.059) 0.56
40–59 0 −0.012 (−0.025, 0.001) 0.07 0 0.005 (−0.026, 0.036) 0.77
60–70 0 −0.020 (−0.037, −0.003) 0.02 0 −0.050 (−0.103, 0.004) 0.07

Adjusted for gender, race, income level, education level, AST, ALT, BMI, smoking, alcohol consumption, calcium intake, HDL, uric acid, creatinine, blood calcium levels, blood glucose, and history of diabetes.