Diabetes and fracture risk in older U.S. adults.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

We examined the diabetes-fracture relationship by race/ethnicity, including the link between pre-diabetes and fracture.

Research design and methods

We used Medicare- and mortality-linked data for respondents aged 65years and older from the third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES III) and NHANES 1999-2004 for three race/ethnic groups: non-Hispanic whites (NHW), non-Hispanic blacks (NHB), and Mexican Americans (MA). Diabetes was defined as diagnosed diabetes (self-reported) and diabetes status: diagnosed and undiagnosed diabetes (positive diagnosis or hemoglobin A1c (A1C)≥6.5%); pre-diabetes (no diagnosis and A1C between 5.7% and 6.4%); and no diabetes (no diagnosis and A1C<5.7%). Non-skull fractures (n=750) were defined using published algorit

SUBMITTER: Looker AC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4757906 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature