Diabetes and bone fracture . . . and other stories
BMJ 2024; 386 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.q1873 (Published 05 September 2024) Cite this as: BMJ 2024;386:q1873
Type 2 diabetes and risk of fracture
In a Swedish longitudinal study, older women with type 2 diabetes had a 25% higher risk of bony fracture than women without diabetes. Since women with diabetes had higher bone mineral density and better bone microarchitecture than women without diabetes, skeletal characteristics can’t explain the increased risk. However, women with diabetes scored lower on grip strength and gait speed, so perhaps the higher fracture risk is a result of impaired physical function (JAMA Netw Open doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2024.25106).
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