Bone Mass and Strength in Older Men With Type 2 Diabetes: The Osteoporotic Fractures in Men Study

The effects of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) on bone volumetric density, bone geometry, and estimates of bone strength are not well established. We used peripheral quantitative computed tomography (pQCT) to compare tibial and radial bone volumetric density (vBMD, mg/cm3), total (ToA, mm2) and cort...

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Main Authors: Petit, Moira A, Paudel, Misti L, Taylor, Brent C, Hughes, Julie M, Strotmeyer, Elsa S, Schwartz, Ann V, Cauley, Jane A, Zmuda, Joseph M, Hoffman, Andrew R, Ensrud, Kristine E
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company 2010
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3153385/