The association between risk of limb fracture and type 2 diabetes mellitus.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Recently, increasing reports showed that the risk of fracture may be correlated with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). However, their results still remained controversial. Thus we performed a meta-analysis including 11 studies to estimate the risk factor of limb fracture in type 2 diabetes mellitus.

Materials and methods

Databases including PubMed, Embase, Cochrane Library and Web of Science were searched to September, 2017. Risk Ratio (RR) with its 95% confidence intervals (CI) was used to evaluate the association between risk of limb fracture and type 2 diabetes mellitus. Two reviewers assessed the quality of all the included studies and extracted data for analysis independently.

Results

A total of 11 studies including 663,923 participants were included in

SUBMITTER: Liu J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6101281 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature