Type 2 Diabetes and Fracture Risk in Older Women.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

The reasons for the increased fracture risk in type 2 diabetes (T2D) are not fully understood.

Objective

To determine if poorer skeletal characteristics or worse physical function explain the increased fracture risk in T2D.

Design, setting, and participants

This prospective observational study is based on the population-based Sahlgrenska University Hospital Prospective Evaluation of Risk of Bone Fractures study cohort of older women, performed in the Gothenburg area between March 2013 and May 2016. Follow-up of incident fracture data was completed in March 2023. Data analysis was performed between June and December 2023.

Exposures

Data were collected from questionnaires and through examination of anthropometrics, physical function, and bone measureme

SUBMITTER: Zoulakis M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11304123 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature