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ArticleDiabetes, metabolic syndrome and obesity : targets and therapy2026

Linear Inverse Association Between Triglyceride Glucose-Body Mass Index and Osteoporosis in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: A Cross-Sectional Study.

Lingfan Zhou, Fengjiao Zhang, Zhenwei Wang, Zhiqiang Kang

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Lingfan ZhouDepartment of Endocrinology, Henan Medical University Affiliated Zhengzhou Central Hospital, Zhengzhou, 450000, People's Republic of China.
Fengjiao ZhangDepartment of Endocrinology, Zhengzhou Central Hospital Affiliated to Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, 450000, People's Republic of China.
Zhenwei WangDepartment of Cardiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, 450000, People's Republic of China.
Zhiqiang KangDepartment of Endocrinology, Zhengzhou Central Hospital Affiliated to Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, 450000, People's Republic of China.

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Aim: This study was to evaluate the association between triglyceride glucose-body mass index (TyG-BMI) and osteoporosis in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). Methods: In this cross-sectional study, 892 patients with T2DM hospitalized at Zhengrzhou Central Hospital between April 2024 and March 2025 were included. Participants were grouped into TyG-BMI tertiles (T1 ≤ 209.31, T2 209.31-243.39, T3 > 243.39). Logistic regression analysis, subgroup and sensitivity analyses, receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve analysis, and restricted cubic spline (RCS) modeling were performed to evaluate the relationship between TyG-BMI and osteoporosis. Results: After adjusting for potential confounders, each one-unit increase in TyG-BMI was associated with a 1.5% lower odds of osteoporosis (OR = 0.985, 95% CI: 0.978-0.992). Compared with T1, the odds of osteoporosis were significantly reduced in T2 and T3 (T2: OR = 0.565, 95% CI: 0.352-0.908; T3: OR = 0.322, 95% CI: 0.167-0.620). Subgroup analyses confirmed that the inverse association remained stable across most demographic and clinical strata. Sensitivity analyses further supported this trend: participants in the highest TyG-BMI quartile had a 74.8% lower risk of osteoporosis compared with those in the lowest quartile. Individuals with TyG-BMI above the median also showed a markedly reduced osteoporosis risk. ROC analysis showed TyG-BMI had a higher predictive value (AUC = 0.657) for osteoporosis than TyG index (AUC = 0.554) or BMI (AUC = 0.647) alone. RCS analysis indicated a significant linear negative relationship without evidence of nonlinearity (P for nonlinearity = 0.720). Conclusion: Higher TyG-BMI levels are inversely associated with the risk of osteoporosis in patients with T2DM.

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insulin resistanceosteoporosistriglyceride glucose-body mass indextriglyceride-glucose indextype 2 diabetes mellitus

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