Increased Rates of Bone Fracture Among HIV-Infected Persons in the HIV Outpatient Study (HOPS) Compared With the US General Population, 2000-2006

Abstract

Age-adjusted fracture rates among HOPS patients were higher than rates in the general US population during the period 2000-2006. Clinicians should regularly assess HIV-infected persons for fracture risk, especially those with low nadir CD4+ cell counts or other established risk factors for fracture.