Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: Patients with diabetes have an increased risk of low-energy bone fractures (LEF). Traditional clinical risk factors and bone mineral densitometry underestimate LEF risk in diabetics. We aim to evaluate the frequency of LEF and associated risk factors in the diabetic Portuguese population.Methods: National, cross-sectional and population-based study to describe the prevalence of self-reported LEF in diabetic subjects over 40 years-old. Estim...