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Does immune reconstitution contribute to ART-related bone loss?

Study presenter Ighovwerha Ofotokun at CROI 2011. Photo by Liz Highleyman / aidsmap.com

Bone loss a general side-effect of HIV therapy, suggests small study

Vitamin D deficiency increases risk of type 2 diabetes for patients with HIV

Bone loss common in patients with HIV, and often progresses

Switch from efavirenz or AZT associated with improvement in vitamin D levels

Heroin use, AIDS, predict reduced bone mineral density in older men with HIV

People with HIV/hepatitis C co-infection more likely to develop osteoporosis

People with HIV/hepatitis C co-infection more likely to develop osteoporosis

Skeleton key: a guide to HIV-related bone loss

Bone fractures more likely in an HIV-positive cohort than in the general US population: HOPS study