Bone Abstracts

Diabetes mellitus is the most common metabolic disease affecting more than 300 million people worldwide with a constantly growing prevalence mainly due to an increase of obesity associated type 2 diabetes. Serious macrovascular (myocardial infarction, peripheral artery disease, and stroke) and microvascular (retinopathy and nephropathy) complications account for substantial morbidity and mortality in diabetes patients. Somewhat underestimated chronic complications are the nega...