Assessment using serum insulin-like growth factor-I and bone mineral density is useful for detecting prevalent vertebral fractures in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus

ConclusionsThis is the first study to show that in addition to BMD measurement, the assessment using serum IGF-I is useful to estimate the prevalence of VF in patients with T2DM.

http://link.springer.com/10.1007/s00198-018-4638-y

Source: Osteoporosis International - July 20, 2018 Category: Orthopaedics Source Type: research