Laboratory results at baseline and at follow-up (N = 76).

Abbreviations: BMD, bone mineral density; BUN, blood urea nitrogen; C-Ca, serum corrected calcium; CMV, cytomegalovirus; Cr, blood creatinine; DM, diabetes mellitus; HBV, hepatitis B virus; HCV, hepatitis C virus; FN, femoral neck; H hip; LS, lumbar spine; NS, not significant (p>0.05); P, serum inorganic phosphate; T, number of standard deviations above or below the mean value of BMD for sex-matched young adults; TC, serum total cholesterol; TG, serum triglyceride. LS-BMD was significantly greater at follow-up than at baseline. The albumin and calcium levels also decreased significantly, but they remained within normal ranges.