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Comment on Davis et al. Development and Validation of a Simple Hip Fracture Risk Prediction Tool for Type 2 Diabetes: The Fremantle Diabetes Study Phase I. Diabetes Care 2018;42:102–109

Year: 2019

Type: letter

Abstract: In the article by Davis et al. (1), regarding risk factors for hip fracture in people with type 2 diabetes, we note the absence of two risk factors that were not considered and that are relatively easy to assess. The first is cognitive impairment. Approximately 40% of participants with hip fractures have cognitive impairment (2), including ∼20% with dementia. The second factor is an elevated albumin-to-creatinine ratio (ACR)—a manifestation of small vessel disease—which is associated with cognitive impairment and with hip fracture risk (3,4). Both cognitive impairment and microvascular disease are common in people with diabetes. The association of cognitive impairment and microvascular disease may be understood in two complimentary ways. One is …

Source: Diabetes Care

DOI: 10.2337/dc19-0204

Authors: Petra Bůžková, Joshua I. Barzilay

Institutions: University of Washington, Kaiser Permanente

Language: English

Topic: Bone health and osteoporosis research

Subfield: Orthopedics and Sports Medicine

Field: Medicine

Domain: Health Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: bronze

Funders: National Institutes of Health, National Institute on Aging, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke