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EFFECTS OF HIV, AGE, AND SEX ON SKELETAL MUSCLE MASS AND DENSITY
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CROI 2020
Reported by Jules Levin
KM Erlandson1, S Langan2, J Sun2, JE Lake3, A Sharma4, S Adrian1, A Scherzinger1, FJ Palella5, L Kingsley6, SJ Gange2, P Tien7, MT Yin8, TT Brown2
1University of Colorado, Aurora, CO; 2Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD; 3University of Texas Houston, Houston, TX; 4 Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY5 Northwestern University, Chicago, IL; 6 University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA;7 University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA; 8Columbia University, New York, NY
"Older age and being a woman was associated with smaller and fattier muscle, while obesity was associated with larger and fattier muscle. Detrimental effects of HIV on the psoas density and area, particularly among men, may have important implications on balance, trunk stability, and mobility."
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