International Journal of Pharma and Bio Sciences
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10.22376/ijpbs.2019.10.1.p1-12
Volume 8 Issue 1
2017 (January - March)
Prevalence of osteopenia in chronic asymptomatic Type 2 diabetic patients
Type 2 diabetes is a pandemic and as the number of people with diabetes keeps on increasing, so does the complications of diabetes. Osteopenia and osteoporosis are uncommon complications of diabetes. The aim of the present study is to determine the bone mineral density , levels of vitamin D3, serum calcium, phosphorous and the prevalence of osteopenia / osteoporosis in asymptomatic type2 diabetic patients thereby providing a simple screening tool to detect osteopenia, correct it and improve their quality of life. The study commenced from 1 lessThan sup greaterThan st lessThan /sup greaterThan of October 2013 to june1 lessThan sup greaterThan st lessThan /sup greaterThan of 2014 in Sree Balaji Medical College Hospital, Chromepet. A total of 50 patients were selected, who met the inclusion and exclusion criteria, 25 from the Diabetology and matched controls of 25 from the General Medicine outpatient department. The selected patients were subjected to a portable real time ultrasound bone densitometer and bone mineral density levels were categorized into normal, osteopenic and osteoporotic accordingly. All the test subjects also underwent Vitamin D3 estimation. In the results we found that 17 out of the 25 in the diabetic group had osteopenia with a mean BMD of -1.428, with an SD of 0.959 as compared to the control subjects, in whom the mean BMD was-0.576 with an SD of 0.706. The comparative prevalence of osteopenia by independent samples T test revealed a p value of less than 0.001 which is statistically significant.
PROF.DR.E.DHANDAPANI, DR. B.KALAISELVI, DR.S.ARUN
Diabetes,Osteopenia,osteoporosis,Bone mineral density, vitamin D
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