PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - AlShomar, Ahmad
AU  - Abdulmonem, Waleed Al
AU  - Ahmad, Qazi Shoeb
AU  - Alharbi, Mariam S.
AU  - Alkhiari, Resheed
AU  - Hamad, Essam M.
AU  - Rasheed, Zafar
TI  - Assessment of osteoporosis in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus
AID  - 10.15537/smj.2023.44.7.20230238
DP  - 2023 Jul 01
TA  - Saudi Medical Journal
PG  - 711--716
VI  - 44
IP  - 7
4099  - http://smj.org.sa/content/44/7/711.short
4100  - http://smj.org.sa/content/44/7/711.full
SO  - Saudi Med J2023 Jul 01; 44
AB  - Objectives: To understand the impact of diabetes on bone mineral density and whether it increases the likelihood of osteoporosis.Methods: This study was performed on 327 Saudis (aged >40 years) who were screened for osteoporosis and diabetes mellitus (DM). The levels of osteoporosis were determined by an estimation of Bone mineral density (BMD) using a DEXA scan examination. The data on BMD from diabetic subjects were compared with healthy nondiabetic controls.Results: Out of 327 enrolled subjects, 38 (11.6%) were found to be osteoporotic, whereas 138 (42.2%) had DM. The data showed that the number of patients with osteoporosis in the DM group was 14 (36.8%), significantly lower than in nondiabetic patients, 21 (55.2%) (p=0.0015). Notably, the data showed no significant difference in the mean BMD of the femur in patients with DM (0.926 g/cm2) and non-diabetes (0.936 g/cm2) (p=0.280; T-score p=0.4746). The mean BMD levels in the spine of the DM study group (1.049 g/cm2) were significantly higher when compared with nondiabetic healthy controls (0.990 g/cm2) (p=0.0031).Conclusion: Patients with diabetes had higher lumbar BMD than nondiabetics, although femoral BMD was similar. Patients with diabetes have a lower osteoporosis risk than nondiabetics.