Open AccessLonger Duration of Diabetes Strongly Impacts Fracture Risk Assessment: The Manitoba BMD Cohort
Author(s) -
Sumit R. Majumdar,
William D. Leslie,
Lisa M. Lix,
Suzanne N. Morin,
Helena Johansson,
Anders Odén,
Eugène McCloskey,
John А. Kanis
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
the journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.206
H-Index - 353
eISSN - 1945-7197
pISSN - 0021-972X
DOI - 10.1210/jc.2016-2569
Subject(s) - duration (music) , cohort , medicine , diabetes mellitus , cohort study , gerontology , demography , endocrinology , sociology , physics , acoustics
Type 2 diabetes is associated with a higher risk for major osteoporotic fracture (MOF) and hip fracture than predicted by the World Health Organization fracture risk assessment (FRAX) tool.
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