The diabetic paradox: Bone mineral density and fracture in type 2 diabetes

Abstract Type 2 diabetes mellitus prevalence and morbidity are increasing. Osteoporotic fractures are among the ‘non-classical’ complications of diabetes and been overlooked for a long time, maybe because of their complex diagnostic and therapeutic approach. The usual tools for preventing fragility...

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Published in:Endocrinologia y nutrición (English ed.) 2016-11, Vol.63 (9), p.495-501
Main Authors: Botella Martínez, Sonsoles, Varo Cenarruzabeitia, Nerea, Escalada San Martin, Javier, Calleja Canelas, Amparo
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Bone metabolism
Diabetes mellitus
Endocrinology & Metabolism
Fracture risk
Metabolismo óseo
Riesgo de fractura
Trabecular bone score
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Summary:Abstract Type 2 diabetes mellitus prevalence and morbidity are increasing. Osteoporotic fractures are among the ‘non-classical’ complications of diabetes and been overlooked for a long time, maybe because of their complex diagnostic and therapeutic approach. The usual tools for preventing fragility fractures (such as the fracture risk assessment tool and bone densitometry) underestimate risk of fractures in type 2 diabetic patients. New techniques, such as trabecular bone score or bone turnover markers, could be useful, but greater scientific evidence is required to recommend their use in clinical practice. The special characteristics of their pathophysiology result in decreased bone remodeling with normal or even increased bone mineral density, but with low quality. These changes lead to the occurrence of osteoporotic fractures without evidence of densitometric changes, which could be called ‘the diabetic paradox’.
ISSN:2173-5093
2173-5093
DOI:10.1016/j.endoen.2016.10.010