Improved survival of people living with HIV has resulted in an increased occurrence of other comorbidities, such as cardiovascular, renal, bone and endocrine pathologies. The data that is currently available on cART-associated changes in bone mineral density, body composition and hormonal values is short-term and mainly derived from patients initiating cART in accordance with previous treatment guidelines. As current guidelines recommend earlier cART initiation and as PI-based regimens are becoming less frequently used, a favorable outcome on bone health, body composition measures and endocrine status might be expected. This study will therefore prospectively document alterations in bone mineral density, body composition and endocrine status in HIV-infected patients in whom, in the current treatment era, an INSTI-based cART regimen is initiated as a first line regimen.
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Inclusion Criteria: * Documented and confirmed HIV-1-infection * Aged 18 years or above * Naïve to anti-retroviral treatment, unless anti-retrovirals were taken in the context of occupational or non-occupational post-exposure prophylaxis or in the context of prevention of mother-to-child transmission * Willingness to sign the written informed consent Exclusion Criteria: * Pregnancy and breastfeeding * Patients receiving medical care through an 'emergency care package'