Assessment of trabecular bone score, an index of bone microarchitecture, in HIV positive and HIV negative persons within the HIV UPBEAT cohort.

Tara McGintyAoife G CotterCaroline A SabinAlan MackenEoin KavanaghJuliet CompstonGerard SheehanJohn LambertPatrick W G Mallonnull null
Published in: PloS one (2019)
PLWH have lower TBS independent of LS BMD. However, this is largely explained by higher current smoking rates and higher bone turnover in those with HIV. Exposure to PI, but not tenofovir disproxil fumarate, also contributed to lower TBS in those with HIV.