Gender-specific impacts of thigh skinfold thickness and grip strength for predicting osteoporosis in type 2 diabetes.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Diabetes with co-existing bone fragility or osteoporosis is common in elderly patients, whereas is frequently underestimated.

Methods

We conducted dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry (DXA) with 7-site skinfold (SF) and dominant hand grip strength measurements among patients with type 2 diabetes (T2DM) to assess their gender-specific associations. A total of 103 patients with T2DM (60 females and 43 males), aged between 50 and 80 years (median 68.0 years) were enrolled and 45 non-DM females were also included to compare with T2DM females.

Results

Our results revealed osteoporosis was negatively correlated with grip strength in both genders, negatively correlated with lean mass solely in males and negatively correlated with fat mass (particular the gynoid fat ma

SUBMITTER: Lu CH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10193705 | biostudies-literature | 2023 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature