Endocrine Abstracts

Background and aims: The aim was to compare calcium homeostasis indexes in diabetic and non-diabetic patients with or without fractures.Materials and methods: We examined 62 postmenopausal women with type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM), 32 of them had bone fracture within last month. The control group included 54 non-diabetic women, 25 within a group were recently fractured. Groups were comparable in body mass index, age, duration of menopause and calcium inta...

Objective: To study if people with diabetes mellitus (DM) have increased risk of fracture.Methods: The study population consisted of 29 512 people aged 50 years or more. There were 1981 diabetic patients among them. The records of the local trauma clinic for two-year period were analyzed.Results: Women with DM had fewer fractures during two years than women without DM (relative risk 0.43; 95% confidence interval 0.30–0.61). Th...

Objective: To examine association between diabetes properties (type, duration, treatment regiment etc.) and risk of any fracture in diabetic population.Methods: We analyzed local trauma clinic data for 3 sequential years from 2662 diabetic persons who were entered The National Register of diabetes mellitus patients (133 subjects with type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM) and 1995 ones with T2DM).Results: Fracture risk was higher in T1DM ...