Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: Diabetes mellitus (DM) is a chronic disease associated with multi-organ complications, including poor bone quality and high risk of frailty fracture. Bone and vascular complications seemed to be connected, as diabetic patients with atherosclerotic lesions show enhanced extrascheletric calcifications which in turn are associated with increased fracture risk. The aim of this study was to assessed bone mineral density (BMD) and trabecular bone score (TBS) in diabeti...