Bone Abstracts

Background: The relation between sex hormone-binding globulin (SHBG) and vertebral fracture (VFx) is unclear.Aim: To examine whether SHBG is associated with bone mineral density at lumbar spine (LS-BMD), trabecular bone score (TBS) and prevalent VFx.Methods: Data of 6224 men and women participants in the third visit of the first cohort (I-3) and the first visit of the second cohort (II-1) of a prospective population based cohort, w...

Background: Fracture risk is increased in Type 2 diabetes (T2D) individuals. Bone mineral density (BMD) is inversely associated with fracture risk but paradoxically high in T2D individuals. Trabecular bone score (TBS) reflects bone microarchitecture and predicts fracture risk.Objective: We aimed to compare mean lumbar spine TBS (LS-TBS) and lumbar spine BMD (LS-BMD) values, across individuals with and without i) vertebral fracture (VFx), ii) T2D; and iii...

Introduction: Due to the ‘greying’ of (industrialized) societies the incidence of osteoporosis and fragility fractures is expected to be increasing. Our aim was to investigate in an elderly population if the incidence of non-vertebral fractures (overall and site specific) has changed after a longer follow-up, and its relation with osteoporosis or osteopenia assessed by bone mineral density (BMD) at baseline.Methods: Incident non-vertebral fract...