Recovery in BMD following recent repeat pregnancy and breastfeeding among African women with and without HIV
Both WLWH-P and HIV-neg-P women showed BMD recovery to baseline for FN, LS and TH by 30-36 mo postpartum. However, mean BMD standard-scores trended lower throughout follow-up for WLWH-P compared to HIV-neg-P women. WLWH-P and WLWH-NP women had similar BMD standardized scores by 30-36 mo. The BMD recovery results are encouraging, but longer follow-up is needed to assess fracture risk among older WLWH compared to HIV-negative women.
Authors
- Felluna Chauwa
- Jim Aizire (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4408-8839)
- Flavia Matovu Kiweewa (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0046-4353)
- Sufia Dadabhai (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4965-1440)
- Mary Glenn Fowler (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4484-9009)
- John M. Pettifor
- Sean Brummel
- Taha E Taha
- Lara Lewis
- Todd T Brown
- Lynda Stranix-Chibanda
- Patience Atuhaire
Institutions
- Harvard University (US)
- Johns Hopkins University (US)
- University of Zimbabwe (ZW)
- University of the Witwatersrand (ZA)
- Johns Hopkins Medicine (US)
- Centre for the AIDS Programme of Research in South Africa (ZA)
- MRC Clinical Trials Unit at UCL (GB)
- MUJHU Research Collaboration (UG)
- Makerere University (UG)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of Bone and Mineral Research
- Published
- 2026-03-12
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1093/jbmr/zjag021
- Primary Topic
- HIV-related health complications and treatments
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00