— Christine M. Kukka, Project Manager, HBV Advocate
HIV and hepatitis B infections are known to reduce bone density on
their own--even before antiviral treatment is introduced, which further
reduces bone mineral density.
A new study by University Pennsylvania
researchers finds people coinfected with HIV and HBV are indeed at very
high risk of hip fractures.
Researchers assessed hip fractures among
thousands of Medicaid recipients in several states, including 4,156
HIV-HBV coinfected patients, 2,053 HBV-only patients, 96,253 HIV-only
patients, and compared the rates to a control group of 746,794
uninfected people.
The HIV-HBV coinfected patients had a higher
incidence of hip fractures compared to HIV-only and HBV-only patients,
according to the report in the March issue of the Journal of Viral Hepatitis, and far greater than the uninfected control group.
Source: www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25754215
http://www.hbvadvocate.org/news/HBJ12.4.htm
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