Vitamin D is well known to exert multiple functions in bone biology, autoimmune diseases,
cell growth, inflammation or neuromuscular and other immune functions. It is a fat-soluble …

Both diabetes and fractures are prevalent in adults. The relationship between diabetes and
osteoporosis is complex and, although it has been investigated extensively, the subject …

The aim of this study was to determine the association between type-2 diabetes mellitus
(DM), BMD and fractures in 6,655 men and women aged 55 years and over from the …

OBJECTIVE—To examine whether postmenopausal women with diabetes experienced a
higher incidence of hip fracture than women without diabetes. RESEARCH DESIGN AND …

To determine the effect of metabolic control on bone mineral density (BMD) in type 1
diabetes mellitus (type 1 DM), we studied BMD (by dual-energy X-ray energy …

Patients with diabetes tend to have an increased incidence of osteopenia that may be
related to hyperglycemia. However, little is known about how glucose may alter bone …

Abstract Dickkopf-1 (DKK-1) has been identified as a secretory protein that can inhibit the
Wnt signaling transduction pathway. It is well known that the Wnt signaling pathway plays an …

PEAK BONE MASS can be defined as the maximal bone mineral density that is accrued
during growth and development plus subsequent consolidation that continues during early …

Diabetes mellitus, the single most important cause of vascular disease in the industrialized
world, is also associated with bone loss and impaired fracture healing. Mesenchymal stem …

In the absence of a fragility fracture, osteoporosis is usually diagnosed from bone mineral
density (BMD) measured by dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA). Osteoporosis is an …