Table 2 Correlation between lumbar spine, femoral neck DXA T-scores and the studied parameters in the HIV-infected patients

DEMOGRAPHIC AND LIFESTYLE CHARACTERISTICS

 Age ^a

0.05

0.05

 Female sex ^b

ns

ns

 BMI (kg/m²) ^a

ns

ns

 BMI score ^b,1

ns

0.05

 Smoking status ^b,2

ns

ns

 Free time physical activity ^b

ns

ns

 Heavy workers^b

ns

ns

 Italian espresso caffeine intake ^b,3

ns

ns

 Alcohol^b

ns

ns

 Diabetes^b

ns

ns

 Postmenopause^b

ns

ns

 Fracture^b

ns

ns

CALCIUM INTAKE

 Daily calcium intake (mg/day)^a

ns

ns

 Dairy intake (times/week) ^a

ns

ns

 Daily milk intake (ml/day)^a

ns

ns

 Parmesan intake^b

ns

ns

Yogurt intake (ml/week) ^b

0.04

ns

 Dairy quartile intake (times /week)^b,4

ns

ns

BIOCHEMICAL PARAMETERS

 Calcium (mg/dL)^a

ns

ns

 Phosphorus (mg/dL)^a

ns

ns

 Parathyroid hormone (pg/mL)^a

ns

ns

 25-Hydroxyvitamin D (ng/mL)^a

ns

ns

 Bone alkaline phosphatase (IU/L) ^a

0.002

0.005

CHARACTERISTICS OF HIV INFECTION

 Drug addiction ^b

0.05

0.02

 CD4+ T-cell count (cells/μL)^a

ns

ns

 Nadir CD4+ <200 (cells/μL) ^b

0.05

0.04

 Undetectable HIV-RNA^b

ns

ns

 Time since HIV diagnosis ^a

ns

0.01

 Score of ART exposure ^b,5

0.002

0.0001

 Score of PI exposure ^b,5

0.05

0.001

 Duration tenofovir exposure > 1 year^b

ns

ns

 NNRTI exposure^b

ns

ns

 HCV infection ^b

0.001

0.005

 Duration tenofovir exposure > 1 year^b

ns

ns

 NNRTI exposure^b

ns

ns

 HCV infection ^b

0.001

0.005