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Endocrine Abstracts (2013) 32 P459 | DOI: 10.1530/endoabs.32.P459

The Republican Research Centre for Radiation Medicine and Human Ecology, Gomel, Belarus.


The aim of this research was foot mineralization level definition by means of the two-absorbing X-ray densitometer and marking out group of the greater risk of a foot mineralization disorder development at patients with diabetes.

Materials and methods: Decrease in a foot mineralization at diabetes patients conformed a mineralization of metatarsal bones below 0.50 g/cm2 level and (or) tarsal bones below 0.69 g/cm2 level.

Results: For risk assessment of development of foot mineralization disorder of patients were divided into groups, depending on age of demonstration group DM1 was made up of patients with DM demonstrations age below 20 years; the 2nd group – demonstration of 20–30 years; the 3rd group – demonstration above 40 years. At age of demonstration of DM till 20 years the smallest indicators of foot bone mineral density (BMD) in comparison with patients of 2nd and 3rd groups are revealed.

The disease experience did not differ significantly from that of 2nd and 3rd group patients. The relative risk in 1st group exceeded 1.0 but was not significant. At further risk analysis of violation of foot mineralization (in group of patients with age demonstrations for <20 years) the significant risk among the patients who have fallen ill aged before 14 years (OP=1.24 (1.28÷9.32)) is revealed.

Output: The significant risk among the patients who have fallen ill aged before 14 years.

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