PMID- 22451239 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20121015 LR - 20221207 IS - 1573-7284 (Electronic) IS - 0393-2990 (Print) IS - 0393-2990 (Linking) VI - 27 IP - 5 DP - 2012 May TI - Association between bone mineral density and type 2 diabetes mellitus: a meta-analysis of observational studies. PG - 319-32 LID - 10.1007/s10654-012-9674-x [doi] AB - Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) influences bone metabolism, but the relation of T2DM with bone mineral density (BMD) remains inconsistent across studies. The objective of this study was to perform a meta-analysis and meta-regression of the literature to estimate the difference in BMD (g/cm(2)) between diabetic and non-diabetic populations, and to investigate potential underlying mechanisms. A literature search was performed in PubMed and Ovid extracting data from articles prior to May 2010. Eligible studies were those where the association between T2DM and BMD measured by dual energy X-ray absorptiometry was evaluated using a cross-sectional, cohort or case-control design, including both healthy controls and subjects with T2DM. The analysis was done on 15 observational studies (3,437 diabetics and 19,139 controls). Meta-analysis showed that BMD in diabetics was significantly higher, with pooled mean differences of 0.04 (95% CI: 0.02, 0.05) at the femoral neck, 0.06 (95% CI: 0.04, 0.08) at the hip and 0.06 (95% CI: 0.04, 0.07) at the spine. The differences for forearm BMD were not significantly different between diabetics and non-diabetics. Sex-stratified analyses showed similar results in both genders. Substantial heterogeneity was found to originate from differences in study design and possibly diabetes definition. Also, by applying meta-regression we could establish that younger age, male gender, higher body mass index and higher HbA(1C) were positively associated with higher BMD levels in diabetic individuals. We conclude that individuals with T2DM from both genders have higher BMD levels, but that multiple factors influence BMD in individuals with T2DM. FAU - Ma, Lili AU - Ma L AD - Department of Rheumatology, Fudan University, Shanghai, China. FAU - Oei, Ling AU - Oei L FAU - Jiang, Lindi AU - Jiang L FAU - Estrada, Karol AU - Estrada K FAU - Chen, Huiyong AU - Chen H FAU - Wang, Zhen AU - Wang Z FAU - Yu, Qiang AU - Yu Q FAU - Zillikens, Maria Carola AU - Zillikens MC FAU - Gao, Xin AU - Gao X FAU - Rivadeneira, Fernando AU - Rivadeneira F LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Meta-Analysis PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20120327 PL - Netherlands TA - Eur J Epidemiol JT - European journal of epidemiology JID - 8508062 RN - 0 (Biomarkers) RN - 0 (Glycated Hemoglobin A) RN - 0 (hemoglobin A1c protein, human) SB - IM MH - Age Factors MH - Biomarkers/metabolism MH - Body Mass Index MH - *Bone Density MH - Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2/metabolism/*physiopathology MH - Glycated Hemoglobin/metabolism MH - Humans MH - Regression Analysis MH - Sex Factors PMC - PMC3374119 EDAT- 2012/03/28 06:00 MHDA- 2012/10/16 06:00 PMCR- 2012/03/27 CRDT- 2012/03/28 06:00 PHST- 2011/09/17 00:00 [received] PHST- 2012/03/01 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2012/03/28 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2012/03/28 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2012/10/16 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2012/03/27 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 9674 [pii] AID - 10.1007/s10654-012-9674-x [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Eur J Epidemiol. 2012 May;27(5):319-32. doi: 10.1007/s10654-012-9674-x. Epub 2012 Mar 27.