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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Aug 1.
Published in final edited form as: Bone. 2015 Apr 18;77:24–30. doi: 10.1016/j.bone.2015.04.018

Table 1.

Menopause Study participant characteristics

Characteristica,b HIV−
n=219
HIV+
n=246
P valuec
Age at 1st exam (yrs), mean ± SD 48.0 ± 5.1 46.9 ± 4.9 .02

Race (%) <.0001
Black 38.4 57.7
Not Black (White, Hispanic, Other) 61.6 42.3

Menopause status: visit 1 & 2 (%) .57
Premenopausal (1) Premenopausal (2) 32.1 29.3
Premenopausal (1) Perimenopausal (2) 16.0 14.2
Perimenopausal (1) Perimenopausal (2) 26.4 25.9
Perimenopausal (1) Postmenopausal (2) 6.1 10.3
Postmenopausal (1) Postmenopausal (2) 19.3 20.3

BMI at visit 1 (kg/m2), mean ± SD 32.0 ± 7.1 28.2 ± 6.4 <.0001

Past estrogen therapy (%) 8.7 12.6 .17

Ever corticosteroid use (%) 10.5 9.0 .58

Smoking history (%) .10
Nonsmoker 8.7 9.4
Former smoker 21.0 29.3
Current smoker 70.3 61.4

Pack years at visit 1, mean ± SD 18.5 ± 15.9 14.4 ± 14.0 .003

Alcohol drinks per day, mean ± SD 0.39 ± 1.14 0.41 ± 0.09 .86

Opioid use ever (%) 54.3 31.3 <.0001

Methadone use ever (%) 46.1 21.6 <.0001

Hepatitis C Virus seropositivity (%) 47.7 51.5 .42

FSH level (IU/L), mean ± SD 46.1 ± 5.1 45.1 ± 4.2 .03

25OH vitamin D level (ng/mL), mean ± SD 18.8 ± 8.9 19.3 ± 9.6 .60

Log10 BAP (mcg/L), mean ± SD 1.26 ± 0.17 1.29 ± 0.20 .14

Log10 Osteocalcin (ng/mL), mean ± SD 0.94 ± 0.33 1.03 ± 0.36 .007

Log10 CTx (ng/mL), mean ± SD −0.78 ± 0.23 −0.71 ± 0.30 .004

Total hip BMD (g/cm2) (mean ± SD) 1.08 ± 0.14 1.04 ± 0.15 .002

Femoral neck BMD (g/cm2) (mean ± SD) 1.04 ± 0.14 1.01 ± 0.14 .02

Lumbar spine BMD (g/cm2) (mean ± SD) 1.23 ± 0.17 1.21 ± 0.17 .14

History of AIDS diagnosis NAd 31.3 NAd

CD4 count (cells/ml), median (IQR) NAd 486 (321, 697) NAd

HIV RNA viral load (copies/ml), median (IQR) NAd 141.3 (75.9, 4,265.8) NAd

HIV RNA viral load (log10 copies/ml ), median (IQR) NAd 2.2 (1.9, 3.6) NAd

Antiretroviral therapy use (%)

Never use NAd 11.4 NAd

Initiation (naive) NAd 3.3 NAd

Discontinuation NAd 5.3 NAd

Re-initiation NAd 10.2 NAd

Continuous use NAd 69.5 NAd

Tenofovir use (%)

Never use NAd 68.7 NAd

Initiation NAd 25.6 NAd

Discontinuation NAd 0.8 NAd

Continuous use NAd 3.3 NAd

Time from HIV diagnosis (yrs, %)
Unknown NAd 1.6 NAd
< 5 NAd 19.9 NAd
5–9 NAd 36.6 NAd
≥10 NAd 41.9 NAd
a

Abbreviations: HIV: human immunodeficiency virus; BMI: body mass index; BMD: bone mineral density; FSH: follicle-stimulating hormone; BAP: bone-specific alkaline phosphatase; OC: osteocalcin; CTx: C-telopeptide

b

Values are expressed as mean ± SD for continuous variables and % for categorical variables

c

Compares HIV− to HIV+ with independent samples t-test for continuous variables and with chi-square for categorical variables

d

NA not applicable since only applies to HIV+

Menopause participant characteristics have been previously published (Sharma A, et al. Maturitas. 2011 Nov; 70(3): 295–301.)