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ReviewCalcified tissue international2025

Fracture Risk Assessment in Metabolic Syndrome in Terms of Secondary Osteoporosis Potential. A Narrative Review.

Ferah Armutcu, Eugene McCloskey

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Review in Calcified tissue international, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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6citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Review
  2. Article
  3. Cuproptosis and Diabetic Osteoporosis: Mechanisms and Therapeutic Prospects.International journal of molecular sciences · 2026
    Review
  4. Impact of Clinical Factors on Bone Microarchitecture in Patients with Turner Syndrome.Endocrine, metabolic & immune disorders drug targets · 2026
    Article
  5. Article
  6. Article
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Ferah ArmutcuSanctuary International Visitor Support Scheme, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK. drferah@gmail.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3218-9480
Eugene McCloskeyDivision of Clinical Medicine, School of Medicine and Population Health, University of Sheffield, Western Bank, Sheffield, S10 2TN, UK.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Osteoporosis is a major global public health problem with the associated bone fractures contributing significantly to both morbidity and mortality. In many countries, osteoporotic fractures will affect one in three women and one in five men over the age of 50. Similarly, diabetes, obesity, and metabolic syndrome (MetS) are among the leading public health problems due to their worldwide prevalence and burden on health budgets. Although seemingly disparate, metabolic disorders are known to affect bone health, and the interaction between fat and bone tissue is increasingly well understood. For example, it is now well established that diabetes mellitus (both type 1 and 2) is associated with fracture risk. In this narrative review, we focus on the potential link between MetS and bone health as expressed by bone mineral density and fracture risk. This narrative review demonstrates the association of MetS and its components with increased fracture risk, and also highlights the need for fracture risk assessment in patients with obesity and MetS.

Indexed as

Fractures, BoneMetabolic SyndromeOsteoporosisOsteoporotic FracturesBone DensityFemaleHumansMaleObesityRisk AssessmentRisk FactorsFracture risk assessmentHyperglycemiaInsulin resistanceMetabolic syndromeObesitySecondary osteoporosis

Identifiers

PMID39979438
PMCPMC11842537

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