Background: There is a controversy about the effect of diabetes mellitus on bone mineral density. Objectives: To assess the frequency of osteoporosis in diabetic elderly patients attending to diabetes outpatient clinic in the specialized medical hospital at Mansoura University Hospital. Methods: Dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DEXA) was used to assess the bone mineral density of the left femur of 166 elderly patients who participated after performing the complete clinical evaluation. Results: 31% of participants were osteopenic and 11% were osteoporotic, as regard men 20.8% and 1.4 % were osteopenic and osteoporotic respectively while 40.4% and 19.1% of women were osteopenic and osteoporotic respectively. 13.3%, 5.9%, and 9.9% of women, men, and total participants experienced a history of falls. Conclusion: The frequency of osteoporosis among the study participants was 11% in total participants, there was no significant correlation between type of diabetes treatment and osteoporosis.
Kandil, I., & Mortagy, A. (2014). Frequency of Osteoporosis among Diabetic Elderly; Cross-sectional study in Mansoura University Hospital.. The Egyptian Journal of Geriatrics and Gerontology, 1(2), 24-30. doi: 10.21608/ejgg.2014.381591
MLA
Ismail Kandil; Ahmed Kamel Mortagy. "Frequency of Osteoporosis among Diabetic Elderly; Cross-sectional study in Mansoura University Hospital.", The Egyptian Journal of Geriatrics and Gerontology, 1, 2, 2014, 24-30. doi: 10.21608/ejgg.2014.381591
HARVARD
Kandil, I., Mortagy, A. (2014). 'Frequency of Osteoporosis among Diabetic Elderly; Cross-sectional study in Mansoura University Hospital.', The Egyptian Journal of Geriatrics and Gerontology, 1(2), pp. 24-30. doi: 10.21608/ejgg.2014.381591
VANCOUVER
Kandil, I., Mortagy, A. Frequency of Osteoporosis among Diabetic Elderly; Cross-sectional study in Mansoura University Hospital.. The Egyptian Journal of Geriatrics and Gerontology, 2014; 1(2): 24-30. doi: 10.21608/ejgg.2014.381591
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