CALCIUM HOMEOSTASIS AND BONE MINERAL DENSITY IN YOUNG FEMALES WITH HIV INFECTION

将从参加IPC诊所的女孩中招募志愿者。 我们 由于钙代谢和骨骼生长， 在女性中尤其令人担忧，我们只有关于 女孩的钙激素和骨密度。 那里 目前大约有81名艾滋病毒感染儿童， 在IPC诊所接受治疗的5-17岁儿童。 鉴于优秀 参与先前的营养相关协议，我们预计 我们应该在这个年龄组中达到20名女性的样本量。 超过90%的艾滋病毒感染儿童是非洲裔美国人。所有数据 收集的样本将与年龄和种族匹配的女孩进行比较， 激素，骨密度和钙动力学之间存在显著差异 黑人和白色女孩。

Volunteers will be recruited from girls attending the IPC clinic. We will only recruit female children as calcium metabolism & bone growth is of special concern in females & we only have control data on calcitropic hormones & bone mineral density in female children. There are currently approximately 81 HIV-infected children between the ages of 5-17 years who receive care in the IPC clinic. Given excellent participation in previous nutrition related protocols, we anticipate that we should achieve a sample size of 20 females in this age group. Over 90% of the HIV-infected children are African-American. All data collected will be compared to age & race matched girls as calcipropic hormones, bone density & calcium kinetics significantly differ between black & white girls.