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Table 3 Multiple linear regression analysis of factors correlated with lumbar spine and femoral neck DXA T-scores

From: Dairy calcium intake and lifestyle risk factors for bone loss in hiv-infected and uninfected mediterranean subjects

Variables

Lumbar spine DXA T-scorea

Femoral neck DXA T-scoreb

 

β-coefficient

P <

β-coefficient

P <

HIV/HCV co-infection

−1.3

0.0001

_

 

Age

−0.48

0.005

−0.48

0.01

Yogurt intake

0.3

0.05

_

 

nadir CD4+ T-cell count < 200 (cells/μL)

_

 

−0.32

0.05

Drug addiction

_

 

−1.4

0.0001

  1. a Variables excluded from the model for lumbar spine DXA T-score assessment: bone alkaline phosphatase, drug addiction , time since HIV diagnosis, score of ART and PI exposure.
  2. b Variables excluded from the model for femoral neck DXA T-score assessment: BMI score, Bone alkaline phosphatase, time since HIV diagnosis, score of ART and PI exposure, HIV/HCV co-infection.
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