Sex differences in osteoporosis in older adults with non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus
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Older women with non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (NIDDM) may be less likely than those with normal blood sugar tolerance to develop osteoporosis, or decreased bone mineral density (BMD). Older men with NIDDM may have the same risk of osteoporosis as those without this disorder. A study compared the BMD of 41 men between 55 and 88 years old with NIDDM to 138 men with normal blood sugar tolerance, and the BMD of 39 women in the same age group with NIDDM to 242 women with normal blood sugar tolerance. The average BMD of women with NIDDM was significantly higher than that of those with normal blood sugar tolerance. The average BMD of men with NIDDM was approximately the same as that of men without blood sugar disorders. The higher BMD that occurred among the diabetic women may be caused by increased blood levels of certain male sex hormones that protect against bone loss. It was unrelated to weight or treatment method for diabetes.
Publication Name: JAMA, The Journal of the American Medical Association
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0098-7484
Year: 1992
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Identification and fracture outcomes of undiagnosed low bone mineral density in postmenopausal women: results from the national osteoporosis risk assessment. (Original Contribution)
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Postmenopausal women with low bone density have almost twice the risk of a bone fracture than other women even if they do not have osteoporosis. In a study of 200,160 postmenopausal women, 40% had low bone density but not osteoporosis.
Publication Name: JAMA, The Journal of the American Medical Association
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0098-7484
Year: 2001
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Osteoporosis, an underdiagnosed disease
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The National Osteoporosis Risk Assessment study shows that many postmenopausal women have low bone density that increases their risk of a bone fracture. This is true even in women who have not been diagnosed with osteoporosis.
Publication Name: JAMA, The Journal of the American Medical Association
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0098-7484
Year: 2001
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