Evaluation of the fracture risk assessment tool for determining bone disease and the impact of secondary causes of osteoporosis in people living with HIV.
Pilar VizcarraJuan GallegoMaría J VivancosWalter A SifuentesMaría LlopJosé Luis CasadoPublished in: HIV research & clinical practice (2020)
Currently recommended FRAX thresholds are not useful to select candidates for DXA scan, which could delay its performance in a population with a high prevalence of secondary factors for low BMD. Classical and HIV-related factors alter BMD and fracture risk estimation.
Keyphrases
- bone mineral density
- risk assessment
- postmenopausal women
- antiretroviral therapy
- body composition
- hiv infected
- human immunodeficiency virus
- hiv positive
- hiv testing
- computed tomography
- hepatitis c virus
- hip fracture
- hiv aids
- heavy metals
- men who have sex with men
- dual energy
- soft tissue
- magnetic resonance imaging
- bone loss
- climate change