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. 2021 May 13;11:10162. doi: 10.1038/s41598-021-89486-9

Table 5.

Correlation by groups between biochemical markers, body composition and viral parameters with bone mineral density of the total hip in patients with chronic hepatitis B virus infection in use or not of antiretrovirals.

Variables Total hip
Group 1
Without antiretrovirals
p value Group 1
Without antiretrovirals
p value Group 1
Without antiretrovirals
p value
Age (years) 0.131 0.513 − 0.135 0.509 − 0.004 0.980
Viral load (log) − 0.262 0.186 0.336 0.092 0.126 0.529
Medication time (years) 0.066 0.746 − 0.325 0.097
Vitamin D (ng/ml) 0.127 0.525 0.172 0.399 0.092 0.647
BMI (kg/m2) 0.482 0.010* 0.133 0.516 0.572 0.001*
Body fat (kg) 0.057 0.774 0.053 0.796 0.343 0.079
Lean Mass (kg) − 0.014 0.943 − 0.043 0.833 − 0.136 0.497
IGF-1 (ng/ml) 0.005 0.978 0.049 0.811 − 0.012 0.949
DPD (nmol/mmol) − 0.159 0.457 0.042 0.845 − 0.164 0.442
Osteocalcin (ng/ml) − 0.135 0.528 − 0.263 0.212 − 0.571 0.003*
Total Calcium (mg/dl) 0.061 0.759 − 0.096 0.638 0.295 0.134
Phosphorus (mg/dl) − 0.063 0.752 0.206 0.311 0.153 0.444
Magnesium (mg/dl) − 0.233 0.241 0.029 0.887 0.392 0.043*
Urinary phosphorus (mg/l) − 0.030 0.880 0.146 0.475 − 0.108 0.590
PTH (pg/ml) − 0.019 0.922 − 0.339 0.089 − 0.296 0.132
FGF-23 (pg/ml) − 0.027 0.918 − 0.406 0.105 0.347 0.171

Parameters with statistical differences are given in bold.

Pearson correlation, significance level p ≤ 0.05 indicated by *. DPD, deoxypyridinoline; PTH, parathormone; IGF-1, insulin-like growth factor-1; FGF-23, fibroblast growth factor 23; BMI, body mass index. FGF-23 n = 16–17 per group.