Bone mineral density in people living with HIV : a narrative review of the literature
| dc.contributor.author | Kruger, M. J. | en_ZA |
| dc.contributor.author | Nell, T. A. | en_ZA |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2017-07-31T05:55:31Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2017-07-31T05:55:31Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2017-07-26 | |
| dc.date.updated | 2017-07-30T03:17:40Z | |
| dc.description | CITATION: Kruger, M. J. & Nell, T. A. 2017. Bone mineral density in people living with HIV : a narrative review of the literature. AIDS Research and Therapy. 14:35, doi:10.1186/s12981-017-0162-y. | |
| dc.description | The original publication is available at https://aidsrestherapy.biomedcentral.com | |
| dc.description.abstract | Bone health status is largely absent in South Africa, the main reasons being the absence and cost-effectiveness of specific screening equipment for assessing bone mineral density (BMD). Various risk factors seem to play a role, some of which can be modified to change bone health status. Urbanisation is also a public health concern. Changing nutritional, as well as social behaviour, play integral roles in the prevalence and incidence of decreased BMD. Furthermore, human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) specifically, has a negative impact on BMD and although highly active antiretroviral therapy increases the prognosis for HIV-infected individuals, BMD still seem to decrease further. Dual energy X-ray absorptiometry is considered the gold standard for BMD assessment; however, recent developments have provided more cost-effective screening methods, among which heel quantitative ultrasound appears to be the most widely used in resource limited countries such as South Africa. | |
| dc.description.uri | https://aidsrestherapy.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12981-017-0162-y | |
| dc.description.version | Publisher's version | |
| dc.format.extent | 17 pages | |
| dc.identifier.citation | Kruger, M. J. & Nell, T. A. 2017. Bone mineral density in people living with HIV : a narrative review of the literature. AIDS Research and Therapy. 14:35, doi:10.1186/s12981-017-0162-y. | |
| dc.identifier.issn | 1742-6405 (online) | |
| dc.identifier.other | doi:10.1186/s12981-017-0162-y | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/102029 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | |
| dc.publisher | BioMed Central | |
| dc.rights.holder | Authors retain copyright | |
| dc.subject | HIV infections | en_ZA |
| dc.subject | Bone densitometry | en_ZA |
| dc.subject | Bones | en_ZA |
| dc.title | Bone mineral density in people living with HIV : a narrative review of the literature | en_ZA |
| dc.type | Article |