PMID- 22159786 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20120605 LR - 20240317 IS - 1760-4788 (Electronic) IS - 1279-7707 (Linking) VI - 15 IP - 10 DP - 2011 Dec TI - Bone quantitative ultrasound measurements in relation to the metabolic syndrome and type 2 diabetes mellitus in a cohort of elderly subjects at high risk of cardiovascular disease from the PREDIMED study. PG - 939-44 AB - OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study is to determine whether metabolic syndrome, its individual components, or the presence of type 2 diabetes mellitus are associated with a better bone status estimated by quantitative ultrasound at the calcaneus. DESIGN: Cross-sectional study. SETTING: Outpatient clinics. PARTICIPANTS: 251 elderly subjects at high cardiovascular risk from the PREDIMED study were included. MEASUREMENTS: MetS was defined according to the ATPIII diagnosis criteria. Calcaneus quantitative ultrasound (QUS) assessment was performed using the Sahara system. RESULTS: Subjects with MetS showed significantly lower 24-hour urinary deoxypyridinoline/creatinine (u-DPD/creatinine) levels and higher broadband ultrasound attenuation, and a tendency to higher bone mineral density (BMD) and quantitative ultrasound index (QUI) than their counterparts. Individuals with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) showed a significantly higher bone broadband ultrasound attenuation (BUA) and QUI than their non-diabetic counterparts, despite they shown a higher prevalence of osteoporotic fractures. Multiple linear regression analyses showed that quantitative ultrasound parameters were positively associated with the metabolic syndrome and T2DM. Of the bone biochemical markers, only u-DPD/creatinine was related to MetS, abdominal obesity, hypertriglyceridemia component of the MetS, and the number of features that define the MetS. CONCLUSION: This is the first study showing a positive association between MetS or T2DM with better bone status and lower bone resorption markers measured by quantitative ultrasound. Our results suggest that metabolic abnormalities have a positive effect on healthy bone in elderly subjects at high risk of cardiovascular disease. FAU - Bullo, M AU - Bullo M AD - Human Nutrition Unit, Facultat de Medicina i Ciencies de la Salut, IISPV, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Reus, Spain. FAU - Garcia-Aloy, M AU - Garcia-Aloy M FAU - Basora, J AU - Basora J FAU - Covas, M I AU - Covas MI FAU - Salas-Salvado, J AU - Salas-Salvado J LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't PL - France TA - J Nutr Health Aging JT - The journal of nutrition, health & aging JID - 100893366 RN - 0 (Amino Acids) RN - 0 (Biomarkers) RN - 90032-33-0 (deoxypyridinoline) RN - AYI8EX34EU (Creatinine) SB - IM MH - Aged MH - Amino Acids/*urine MH - Biomarkers/urine MH - *Bone Density MH - Bone Resorption/*diagnostic imaging/urine MH - Bone and Bones/diagnostic imaging/*metabolism MH - Calcaneus/diagnostic imaging/metabolism MH - *Cardiovascular Diseases/diagnostic imaging MH - Creatinine/urine MH - Cross-Sectional Studies MH - Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2/diagnostic imaging/*metabolism/urine MH - Female MH - Fractures, Bone/epidemiology MH - Geriatric Assessment MH - Humans MH - Linear Models MH - Male MH - Metabolic Syndrome/diagnostic imaging/*metabolism/urine MH - Outpatients MH - Prevalence MH - Risk MH - Ultrasonography EDAT- 2011/12/14 06:00 MHDA- 2012/06/06 06:00 CRDT- 2011/12/14 06:00 PHST- 2011/12/14 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2011/12/14 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2012/06/06 06:00 [medline] AID - S1279-7707(23)00583-3 [pii] AID - 10.1007/s12603-011-0046-0 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - J Nutr Health Aging. 2011 Dec;15(10):939-44. doi: 10.1007/s12603-011-0046-0.