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Published in: Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery and Research 1/2017

Open Access 01-12-2017 | Research article

Evaluation of Singh Index and Osteoporosis Self-Assessment Tool for Asians as risk assessment tools of hip fracture in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus

Authors: Zhenyu Liu, Hua Gao, Xiaodong Bai, Liang Zhao, Yadong Li, Baojun Wang

Published in: Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery and Research | Issue 1/2017

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Abstract

Background

Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM), an epidemic disease around world, has recently been identified as a risk factor for osteoporosis-associated fracture. However, there is no consensus on the best method of assessing fracture risk in patients with T2DM. The aim of this study was to evaluate the usefulness of the Osteoporosis Self-Assessment Tool for Asians (OSTA) and the Singh Index (SI) in hip fracture risk assessment in patients with T2DM.

Methods

We enrolled 261 postmenopausal women with T2DM: 87 had hip fracture resulting from low-energy trauma and 174 age-matched controls had no fracture (two controls per fracture case). Bone mineral density (BMD) was measured with dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry in the lumbar spine and hip region. The SI was obtained from standard antero-posterior radiographs of the pelvis. The OSTA was calculated with a formula based on weight and age. Data were analyzed with descriptive statistics and tests of difference. Receiver operating characteristic analysis was used to determine optimum cutoff values, sensitivity, and specificity of screening methods. Discriminative abilities of different screening tools were compared with the area under the curve (AUC).

Results

There were significant differences in BMD at all sites (lumbar spine, femoral neck, trochanter, and total hip) and in SI between the fracture and non-fracture groups (P < 0.05). There was no significant difference in OSTA between the groups (P > 0.05). The area under the curve was 0.747 (95% CI: 0.680–0.813) for lumbar spine BMD, 0.699 (95% CI: 0.633–0.764) for total hip BMD, 0.659 (95% CI: 0.589–0.729) for femoral neck BMD, 0.631 (95% CI: 0.557–0.704) for trochanter BMD, 0.534 (95% CI: 0.459–0.610) for OSTA, 0.636 (95% CI: 0.564–0.709) for SI, and 0.795 (95% CI: 0.734–0.857) for OSTA plus SI. The AUC for combined OSTA plus SI was significantly superior to other parameters besides BMD of the lumbar spine.

Conclusions

The combination of OSTA plus SI could be a clinical alternative tool for screening of hip fracture risk in large diabetic populations. These tests are inexpensive and simple to perform and could be especially useful in areas where BMD measurement is not accessible.
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Metadata
Title
Evaluation of Singh Index and Osteoporosis Self-Assessment Tool for Asians as risk assessment tools of hip fracture in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus
Authors
Zhenyu Liu
Hua Gao
Xiaodong Bai
Liang Zhao
Yadong Li
Baojun Wang
Publication date
01-12-2017
Publisher
BioMed Central
Published in
Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery and Research / Issue 1/2017
Electronic ISSN: 1749-799X
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1186/s13018-017-0539-6

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