Bone Mineral Density of the Radius Predicts All-Cause Mortality in Patients With Type 2 Diabetes: Diabetes Heart Study

This study aimed to determine the association between areal and volumetric bone mineral density (BMD) with all-cause mortality in patients with type 2 diabetes (T2D). Associations between BMD and all-cause mortality were examined in 576 women and 517 men with T2D in the Diabetes Heart Study. Volumetric BMD in the thoracic and lumbar spine was measured with quantitative computed tomography. Areal BMD (aBMD) in the lumbar spine, total hip, femoral neck, ultradistal radius, mid radius, and whole body was measured using dual X-ray absorptiometry.

Source: Journal of Clinical Densitometry - December 25, 2017 Category: Radiology Authors: Leon Lenchik, Thomas C. Register, Fang-Chi Hsu, Jianzhao Xu, S. Carrie Smith, J. Jeffrey Carr, Barry I. Freedman, Donald W. Bowden Source Type: research