Low bone mass in people living with HIV on long-term anti-retroviral therapy: A single center study in Uganda.

ABSTRACT:

Background

This study set out to determine the prevalence of low bone mass following long-term exposure to antiretroviral therapy in Ugandan people living with HIV.

Methods

A cross-sectional study was conducted among 199 people living with HIV that had been on anti-retroviral therapy for at least 10 years. All participants had dual X-ray absorptiometry to determine their bone mineral density. The data collected included antiretroviral drug history and behavioral risk data Descriptive statistics were used to summarize the data. Inferential statistics were analyzed using multilevel binomial longitudinal Markov chain Monte Carlo mixed multivariate regression modelling using the rstanarm package.

Results

One hundred ninety nine adults were enrolled with equal representati

SUBMITTER: Mwaka ES 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7864439 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature