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[xMenace]

Diabetes linked to increased risk of hip fracture | Health | Reuters (http://www.reuters.com/article/healthNews/idUSCOL97085920070829)

Diabetes linked to increased risk of hip fracture
Wed Aug 29, 2007 3:42PM EDT

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Men and women with diabetes, either type 1 or type 2, are more likely than the general population to fracture a hip, according to a review of studies reported in the American Journal of Epidemiology.

Numerous studies have been published since the early 1980s analyzing the relationship between diabetes and fractures, but study findings were inconsistent.

Clinical trials with insufficient statistical power may have contributed to the contradictory results, lead author Dr. Mohsen Janghorbani, currently based at Isfahan University of Medical Sciences in Iran, and associates suggest. They therefore conducted an analysis of published trial results regarding diabetes and low-trauma hip fractures.

They reviewed a total of 16 studies that included 836,941 adult subjects and 139,531 fractures.

Twelve studies that examined the link between type 2 diabetes and hip fracture found that diabetics were 70 percent more likely to fracture a hip, a statistically significant difference.

Six studies found a statistically significant increased risk in hip fracture for type 1 diabetes patients, who were more than 6-times more likely to break a hip.

"Results were consistent between studies of men and women and between studies conducted in the United States and Europe," Janghorbani and associates report.

They surmise that impaired bone quality may be one culprit responsible for the increased risk of hip fractures among diabetics.

Another possibility, the investigators add, may be diabetes-related complications, such as diabetic retinopathy, which cause loss of vision; peripheral neuropathy, a nerve disorder that may impair the ability to walk or balance; low blood sugar, which can cause patients with be dizzy or to faint; and stroke - all of which may increase the risk of falls.

SOURCE: American Journal of Epidemiology, September 1, 2007

[barko]

Ain't it great?
We get all the good stuff -lol

[mg_2204]

Elderly people are more prone to break bones, and for many diff reasons. Most of the time footwear or their environment is the culprit. Very stupid accidents most of the time. With age the bones become fragile, it's a well known fact. Also a well known fact is that with age, you are more prone to become T2. No wonder more T2 break bones because the proportion of elderly people with T2 is quite high. I don't find that article worrying. As I get older I'll just wear my granny shoes and get rid of rugs and clutter. :D

[MJB]

My statistical analysis:

:o

80 year olds are 70% more likely to break a hip than 20 year olds.

80 year olds are 70% more likely to have type 2 diabetes than 20 year olds.

Therefore T2 diabetics are more likely to suffer hip fractures.

Figures don't lie, liars figure. :D

[xMenace]

They didn't even mention hypoglycemia. Staggering through the house like a bull in a china shop and convulsing like James Brown high on caffeine has to contribute to a few.

[princesslinda]

As if we didn't have enough to worry about...hip fracture..BONUS!;) Of course, I have enough padding that no hip could possibly fracture on me...i'd just bounce right back off the floor!:T