Endocrine Abstracts

Objectives: Fracture risk is increased in individuals with diabetes mellitus, but how this is related to bone mineral density (BMD), adiposity, inflammation, disease duration and diabetic complications is less well understood. We aimed to investigate associations between type 1 (T1DM) and type 2 (T2DM) diabetes and incident fracture in a large population study.Methods: UK Biobank is a population study incorporating indiv...