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ea0041oc6.2 | Diabetes therapy & complications | ECE2016

Cortical bone size deficit in adult patients with type 1 diabetes mellitus

Verroken Charlotte , Pieters Wout , Beddeleem Loic , Goemaere Stefan , Zmierczak Hans , Kaufman Jean-Marc , Lapauw Bruno

Background: Impaired bone geometry and/or aberrant bone matrix formation may underlie the increased fracture risk observed in patients with type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM). Although reduced areal and volumetric bone mineral density (aBMD, vBMD) have been observed in pediatric and adolescent T1DM patients, few studies have confirmed these observations in adults. Moreover, data on bone geometry in T1DM remain scarce.Objective: To compare areal and volumetr...