Is osteoporosis a peculiar association with primary biliary cirrhosis?

Table 2 Bone metabolism in PBC, in HCV+ patients and in healthy controls

	PBC	HCV+	Controls
BMD (lumbar spine)	0.810 ± 0.130	0.860 ± 0.140	0.972 ± 0.128
t-score≤–2.5 SD	–1.55 ± 0.99a	–0.39 ± 2.65	–0.29 ± 0.98
z-score	–0.94 ± 1.10c	–0.52 ± 1.23	–0.82 ± 1.02
25-OHD (nmol/L)	103.48 ± 58.85e	98.38 ± 44.65g	49.66 ± 19.72
BGP (mg/L)	8.80 ± 8.7	6.43 ± 11.14	9.56 ± 2.92
Intact (1–84) PTH (ng/L)	39.8 ± 26.3	35 ± 29.78	33.60 ± 11.77
Ca corr albumin (mg/dL)	2.27 ± 0.26	2.32 ± 0.13	2.31 ± 0.14

^aP < 0.05 vs controls.

^cP < 0.05 vs HCV+.

^eP < 0.05 vs controls.

^gP < 0.05 vs controls.