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Table 1 Association of diabetes mellitus and fracture risk

From: Diabetes mellitus and bone health: epidemiology, etiology and implications for fracture risk stratification

Type of diabetes

Fracture type

Findings

Study design

Reference

Type 1 diabetes mellitus

Hip fracture

RR 7.10 (CI 95%: 4.4–11.4)

Prospective observational

Janghorbani et al.

Type 1 diabetes mellitus Men 60-69yo

Any type

HR 2.00 (CI 95%: 1.63–2.45)

Prospective observational

Weber et al.

Hip fracture

HR 5.21 (CI 95%: 3.2–8.47)

Type 1 diabetes mellitus Men 40-49yo

Any type

HR 1.82 (CI 95%: 1.53–11.43)

Type 1 diabetes mellitus Men 30-39yo

Hip fracture

HR 4.16 (CI 95%: 1.52–11.43)

Type 1 diabetes mellitus

Vertebral fracture

OR 4.20 (CI 95%: 1.40–12.7)

Cross sectional

Zhukouskaya et al.

Type 1 diabetes mellitus men

Hip fracture

HR 1.28 (CI 95%: 1.21–1.34)

Prospective observational

Chen et al.

Type 1 diabetes mellitus women

Hip fracture

HR 1.72 (CI 95%: 1.66–1.78)

Type 1 diabetes mellitus

Hip fracture

RR 6.94 (CI 95%: 3.25–14.78)

Meta-analysis observational studies

Vastergaard et al.

Type 2 diabetes mellitus

Hip fracture

RR 1.38 (CI 95%: 1.25–1.53)

Type 2 diabetes mellitus

Any site

RR 1.20 (CI 95%: 1.11–1.30)

Prospective observational

Bonds et al.

Type 2 diabetes mellitus

Non-vertebral

RR 1.30 (CI 95%: 1.10–1.53)

Prospective observational

Schwartz et al.

Hip fracture

RR 1.82 (CI 95%: 1.24–2.69)

Vertebral

RR 1.12 (CI 95%: 0.69–1.83)

Type 2 diabetes mellitus Men

Vertebral

OR 4.73 (CI 95% 2.19–10.20)

Cross sectional

Yamamoto et al.

Type 2 diabetes mellitus Women

Vertebral

OR 1.86 (CI 95% 1.11–3.12)

Type 2 diabetes mellitus Men

Vertebral

OR 0.77 (CI 95% 0.48–1.22)

Cross sectional

Hanley et al.

Type 2 diabetes mellitus Women

Vertebral

OR 0.92 (CI 95% 0.67–1.26)

  1. Findings in bold letters indicate a significant positive association
  2. RR: relative risk; HR: hazard ratio; OR: odds ratio