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SynthesisOsteoporosis international : a journal established as result of cooperation between the European Foundation for Osteoporosis and the National Osteoporosis Foundation of the USA2017

Risk of low-energy fracture in type 2 diabetes patients: a meta-analysis of observational studies.

P Jia, L Bao, H Chen, J Yuan, W Liu, F Feng, J Li, H Tang

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Synthesis in Osteoporosis international : a journal established as result of cooperation between the European Foundation for Osteoporosis and the National Osteoporosis Foundation of the USA, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT06760949 (A Single Center Prospective Controlled Study of Direct Anterior Approach and Posterior Lateral Approach in the Treatment of Femoral Neck Fractures in Elderly Patients), which is not on this map. Cited by 46 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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NCT06760949 nacompletednot on this mapstarted 2023, after this paper: background citation

A Single Center Prospective Controlled Study of Direct Anterior Approach and Posterior Lateral Approach in the Treatment of Femoral Neck Fractures in Elderly Patients

TypeinterventionalSponsorFujian Provincial HospitalRan2023 to 2025Enrolled102ConditionsFunction, PainArmsDirect anterior approach hemiarthroplasty, Posterior lateral approach hemiarthroplasty
3 · Its place in the literature

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46 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 72 citations in OpenAlex.

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  4. Age at diabetes diagnosis and fracture risk in women: a cohort study from the Australian Longitudinal Study on Women's Health.Osteoporosis international : a journal established as result of cooperation between the European Foundation for Osteoporosis and the National Osteoporosis Foundation of the USA · 2025
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  5. DXA based radiomics scoring: a novel approach for fragility fracture risk assessment in elderly type 2 diabetes patients.Osteoporosis international : a journal established as result of cooperation between the European Foundation for Osteoporosis and the National Osteoporosis Foundation of the USA · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

P JiaDepartment of Orthopedics, Beijing Friendship Hospital, Capital Medical University, No. 95 Yong'an Road, Xicheng District, Beijing, 100050, China.
L BaoDepartment of Orthopedics, Beijing Friendship Hospital, Capital Medical University, No. 95 Yong'an Road, Xicheng District, Beijing, 100050, China.
H ChenDepartment of Orthopedics, Beijing Friendship Hospital, Capital Medical University, No. 95 Yong'an Road, Xicheng District, Beijing, 100050, China. orthochen@126.com.
J YuanDepartment of Endocrinology, Beijing Tongren Hospital, Capital Medical University, No. 1 Dongjiaominxiang, Dongcheng District, Beijing, 100730, China.
W LiuDepartment of Endocrinology, Beijing Tongren Hospital, Capital Medical University, No. 1 Dongjiaominxiang, Dongcheng District, Beijing, 100730, China.
F FengDepartment of Orthopedics, Beijing Friendship Hospital, Capital Medical University, No. 95 Yong'an Road, Xicheng District, Beijing, 100050, China.
J LiDepartment of Orthopedics, Beijing Friendship Hospital, Capital Medical University, No. 95 Yong'an Road, Xicheng District, Beijing, 100050, China.
H TangDepartment of Orthopedics, Beijing Friendship Hospital, Capital Medical University, No. 95 Yong'an Road, Xicheng District, Beijing, 100050, China. tanghai@medmail.com.cn.
Beijing Friendship Hospital · CNCapital Medical University · CNBeijing Tongren Hospital · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In this meta-analysis, evidence of an association between type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) and low-energy fractures has been evaluated including 12 observational studies. The results suggested that T2DM patients had an enhanced risk of low-energy fractures.

introductionType 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM) patients have been shown to be at enhanced risk of fracture injury, but less is known about low-energy fractures among patients with T2DM.

methodsWe performed a meta-analysis of 12 observational studies identified in Medline and EMBASE that included 938,742 participants, including 30,827 low-energy fracture cases. The incidence rate ratios (IRRs) of low-energy fractures were determined using a random-effects model.

resultsThe IRRs of low-energy fracture for men and women were 1.37 (95% confidence interval [CI], 0.94-2.00; p = 0.096) and 1.22 (95% CI, 1.09-1.35; p = 0.000), respectively, and the overall IRR was 1.23 (95% CI, 1.12-1.35; p = 0.000). The IRRs for hip and vertebral fractures were 1.08 (95% CI, 1.02-1.15; p = 0.007) and 1.21 (95% CI, 0.98-1.48; p = 0.073), respectively. The IRRs of low-energy fracture in case-control, prospective, retrospective, and cross-sectional studies were 1.18 (95% CI, 0.81-1.72; p = 0.380), 1.17 (95% CI, 1.05-1.32, p = 0.006), 1.15 (95% CI, 1.02-1.29; p = 0.020), and 1.60 (95% CI, 1.21-2.12; p = 0.001), respectively. The IRRs of low-energy fracture for less than 5 years, 5 to 10 years, and more than 10 years were 1.30 (95%, CI 1.13-1.50; p = 0.000), 1.05 (95% CI, 1.03-1.08; p = 0.000), and 1.19 (95% CI, 1.00-1.41; p = 0.049), respectively.

conclusionsPatients with T2DM had a greater risk of low-energy fracture especially of the hip, compared with that in non-diabetic subjects. However, since according to our funnel plot a publication bias may be present and due to study heterogeneity as well as the limited number of publications, the finding needs to be interpreted with caution.

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Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2Hip FracturesHumansIncidenceObservational Studies as TopicOsteoporotic FracturesPublication BiasRisk AssessmentSpinal FracturesLow-energy fractureMeta-analysisType 2 diabetes

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