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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Mar 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2014 Mar 1;65(3):290–298. doi: 10.1097/QAI.0000000000000005

Table 1.

Demographics and Clinical Characteristics of the Study Population

All (N=142) Osteopenia Hip (N=33) Normal BMD Hip (N=109) P-value Osteopenia Spine (N=30) Normal BMD Spine (N=112) P-value
Demographics
Age (years) 46.3 (39.8, 52.6) 49.2 (41.9,55.9) 45.5 (36.4, 51.3) 0.02 47.5 (42.4, 55.3) 45.9 (38.8, 51.7) 0.21
Male 111 (78) 29 (88) 81 (74) 0.14 25 (83) 86 (77) 0.44
Race <0.001 0.002
 African-American 98 (69) 14 (42) 82 (78) 14 (47) 84 (75)
 Other 44 (31) 19 (58) 25 (42) 16 (53) 28 (25)
Smoker (current) 91 (64) 18 (55) 72 (66) 0.18 16 (53) 75 (67) 0.17
Alcohol (current) 65 (46) 13 (39) 51 (47) 0.40 16 (53) 49 (44) 0.35

HIV-Related
CD4(cells/μL) 604 (425, 834) 614 (444, 857) 607 (418, 831) 0.57 494 (361, 666) 635 (432, 834) 0.12
Nadir CD4(cells/μL) 188 (425, 300) 153 (81, 323) 199 (89, 300) 0.75 161 (36, 276) 199 (94, 301) 0.25
HIV-1 <50 (copies/mL) 109 (77) 26 (24) 82 (76) 0.58 21 (19) 88 (81) 0.28
Duration HIV (mo) 137 (11, 211) 151 (84, 213) 132 (70, 208) 0.31 118 (77, 213) 147 (72, 210) 0.86
Duration ART (mo) 56 (30, 109) 71 (23, 121) 54 (30, 106) 0.52 50 (22, 121) 62 (30, 107) 0.82
Current tenofovir 127 (89) 32 (97) 94 (88) 0.19 29 (97) 98 (88) 0.19
Cumulative tenofovir (mo) 40 (18, 62) 49 (27, 83) 39 (13, 60) 0.07 41 (23, 69) 40 (17, 62) 0.91
Duration PI (mo) 30 (0, 74) 30 (0, 79) 20 (0, 72) 0.30 22 (0, 79) 30 (0, 74) 0.80
Active hepatitis C 12 (9) 4 (12) 8 (7) 0.48 2 (7) 10 (9) 1.0

Traditional Bone Risk Factors
BMI (kg/m2) 26.8 (23.5, 30.3) 24.3 (22.3, 27.2) 28.0 (24.3, 31.4) 0.02 26.4 (23.2, 30.0) 27.0 (23.5, 30.4) 0.71
25(OH) Vitamin D (ng/mL) 15.9 (11.7, 21.4) 23.1 (14.7, 26.9) 14.9 (11.6, 18.8) 0.001 19.7 (13.0, 27.0) 15.3 (11.7, 21.0) 0.07
Vitamin D intake (IU) 158 (57, 423) 233 (99, 450) 143 (38, 427) 0.03 140 (61, 440) 188 (54, 432) 0.94
Calcium intake (mg) 576 (303, 1150) 969 (485, 1504) 527 (291, 886) 0.004 568 (343, 1323) 576 (292, 1323) 0.54
Caloric intake (kcal) 2034 (263, 3147) 2081 (1502, 3161) 1964 (1354, 3075) 0.46 1926 (1505, 3161) 2088 (1336, 3161) 0.67
Protein intake (g) 15.4 (12.8, 17.8) 16.4 (14.3, 18.3) 15.1 (12.4, 17.7) 0.08 15.0 (13.0, 17.5) 15.6 (12.7, 17.5) 0.73
Physical activity (minutes/2 weeks) 2495 (1010, 4610) 2730 (910, 5040) 2450 (1060, 4560) 0.95 2393 (1380, 5200) 2495 (925, 4550) 0.48
Family history hip fracture 17 (12) 7 (21) 10 (9) 0.12 8 (27) 9 (8) 0.01

Values presented as median (Q1, Q3) or frequency (%). BMD, bone mineral density; ART, antiretroviral therapy; BMI, body mass index.