Low Bone Mineral Density and Associated Factors Among People Living With HIV in Kerman, Iran: A Cross-Sectional Study in 2021-2022

Affiliations

• ¹ Hamidreza Rashidi, MD, is a Researcher, HIV/STI Surveillance Research Center, WHO Collaborating Center for HIV Surveillance, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran.
• ² Soheil Mehmandoost, MSc, is a PhD candidate and Researcher, HIV/STI Surveillance Research Center, WHO Collaborating Center for HIV Surveillance, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran.
• ³ Noushin Fahimfar, MD, PhD, is an Assistant Professor, Osteoporosis Research Center, Endocrinology and Metabolism Clinical Sciences Institute, and the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
• ⁴ Hamid Reza Aghaei Meybodi, MD, is an Associate Professor, Evidence-Based Medicine Research Center, Endocrinology and Metabolism Clinical Sciences Institute, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
• ⁵ Seyed Mohammad Hosseinian, MD, is an Assistant Professor, Rheumatology Department, School of Medicine, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran.
• ⁶ Noushin Shirzad, MD, is an Associate Professor of Endocrinology & Metabolism, Endocrine Research Center, Valiasr Hospital, Imam Khomeini Hospital Complex, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
• ⁷ Fatemeh Hajivalizade, MD, is a Staff Member, Noncommunicable Disease Center, Ministry of Health, Tehran, Iran.
• ⁸ Mahnaz Sanjari, PhD, is an Associate Professor of Nursing, Osteoporosis Research Center, Endocrinology and Metabolism Clinical Sciences Institute, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
• ⁹ Mohammad Reza Shakibi, MD, is an Associate Professor, Rheumatology Department, School of Medicine, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran.
• ¹⁰ Tarlan Hasan Aghaei, MD, is an Assistant Professor, Rheumatology Department, School of Medicine, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran.
• ¹¹ Farzaneh Yazdi Yahaabadi, MD, is an Assistant Professor, Rheumatology Department, School of Medicine, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran.
• ¹² Pouriya Salajegheh, MD, is an Assistant Professor at the Pediatric Department, School of Medicine, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran.
• ¹³ Gita Shafiee, PhD, is an Associate Professor of Epidemiology, Osteoporosis Research Center, Endocrinology and Metabolism Clinical Sciences Institute, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
• ¹⁴ Farideh Razi, MD, is a Professor of Pathology at the Metabolomics and Genomics Research Center, Endocrinology and Metabolism Molecular-Cellular Sciences Institute, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
• ¹⁵ Ebrahim Ranjbar, MD, is a Physician, HIV Voluntary Counselling and Testing Center, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran.
• ¹⁶ Willi McFarland, PhD, is a Professor of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, UCSF School of Medicine.
• ¹⁷ Afshin Ostovar, PhD, is a Professor of Epidemiology, Osteoporosis Research Center, Endocrinology and Metabolism Clinical Sciences Institute, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
• ¹⁸ Hamid Sharifi, PhD, is a Professor of Epidemiology, HIV/STI Surveillance Research Center, WHO Collaborating Center for HIV Surveillance, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran.