PMID- 37029358 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20230411 LR - 20230412 IS - 1472-6823 (Electronic) IS - 1472-6823 (Linking) VI - 23 IP - 1 DP - 2023 Apr 7 TI - Does chronic low-dose aspirin use benefit bone health? A cross-sectional study on patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus. PG - 79 LID - 10.1186/s12902-023-01309-2 [doi] LID - 79 AB - INTRODUCTION: Numerous studies have reported the striking result that aspirin use is associated with higher bone mineral density (BMD), suggesting its potential as a population-wide osteoporosis prevention measure. Therefore, this study aimed to examine the impact of chronic low-dose aspirin use on bone remodeling biomarkers and BMD in an aging population. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Between September and November of 2019, clinical data regarding the medication use, serum bone remodeling biomarkers, and BMD of 567 consecutively hospitalized patients, a minimum of 50 years old with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM), were collected. The cross-sectional associations between chronic low-dose aspirin use and serum concentrations of bone remodeling biomarkers and BMD were estimated separately using linear regression. Potential confounding variables were controlled for, including age, sex, and comorbidities. RESULTS: Low-dose aspirin users had significantly lower serum bone alkaline phosphatase (BAP) concentrations than non-users (82.44 +/- 28.03 U/L vs 90.71 +/- 32.79 U/L, p = 0.025). On the other hand, low-dose aspirin users had insignificantly higher vertebral BMD (0.95 +/- 0.19 vs 0.91 +/- 0.21, p = 0.185), femoral neck BMD (0.80 +/- 0.15 vs 0.78 +/- 0.17, p = 0.309) and Ward's triangle BMD (0.46 +/- 0.14 vs 0.44 +/- 0.13, p = 0.209), regardless of adjustment. CONCLUSIONS: This cross-sectional study demonstrated that chronic use of low-dose aspirin was associated with significantly lower serum concentrations of BAP in hospitalized patients with T2DM. The mechanism causing the insignificantly higher BMD observed in chronic aspirin users in this study and the significant increments in BMD reported in previous studies requires further clarification in other clinical trials. CI - (c) 2023. The Author(s). FAU - Zhang, Li AU - Zhang L AD - Department of Geriatrics, the Second People' Hospital of Wuhu, Anhui, 230032, China. FAU - Ji, Xuelei AU - Ji X AD - Department of Endocrinology, the Second People' Hospital of Wuhu, Anhui, 230032, China. FAU - Chen, Jun AU - Chen J AD - Department of Endocrinology, the Second People' Hospital of Wuhu, Anhui, 230032, China. FAU - Zhu, Yu AU - Zhu Y AD - School of Basic Medical Science, and the, First Clinical Medical College, Anhui Medical University, 81# Mei Shan Road, Hefei, 230032, Anhui, China. FAU - Wang, Zhen AU - Wang Z AD - Department of Trauma and Spine Surgery, the Second People' Hospital of Wuhu, Anhui, 230032, China. FAU - Ma, Zhen AU - Ma Z AD - Department of Trauma and Spine Surgery, the Second People' Hospital of Wuhu, Anhui, 230032, China. FAU - Wu, Yu AU - Wu Y AD - Department of Trauma and Spine Surgery, the Second People' Hospital of Wuhu, Anhui, 230032, China. FAU - Wu, Faguo AU - Wu F AD - Department of Geriatrics, the Second People' Hospital of Wuhu, Anhui, 230032, China. FAU - Zheng, Zhangan AU - Zheng Z AD - Department of Trauma and Spine Surgery, the Second People' Hospital of Wuhu, Anhui, 230032, China. 114934833@qq.com. LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20230407 PL - England TA - BMC Endocr Disord JT - BMC endocrine disorders JID - 101088676 RN - R16CO5Y76E (Aspirin) RN - 0 (Biomarkers) SB - IM MH - Humans MH - Aged MH - Middle Aged MH - *Bone Density MH - Cross-Sectional Studies MH - *Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2/drug therapy MH - Aspirin/therapeutic use MH - Biomarkers MH - Absorptiometry, Photon PMC - PMC10080941 OTO - NOTNLM OT - Aspirin OT - Bone OT - Cyclo-oxygenase OT - Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs OT - Osteoporosis COIS- Li Zhang, Xuelei Ji, Jun Chen, Yu Zhu, Zhen Wang, Zhen Ma, Yu Wu, Faguo Wu and Zhangan Zheng declare that they have no competing interests. EDAT- 2023/04/08 06:00 MHDA- 2023/04/11 06:42 PMCR- 2023/04/07 CRDT- 2023/04/07 23:33 PHST- 2022/08/15 00:00 [received] PHST- 2023/02/28 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2023/04/11 06:42 [medline] PHST- 2023/04/07 23:33 [entrez] PHST- 2023/04/08 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2023/04/07 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 10.1186/s12902-023-01309-2 [pii] AID - 1309 [pii] AID - 10.1186/s12902-023-01309-2 [doi] PST - epublish SO - BMC Endocr Disord. 2023 Apr 7;23(1):79. doi: 10.1186/s12902-023-01309-2.