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Published in: Osteoporosis International 12/2007

01-12-2007 | Original Article

Serum insulin-like growth factor-I level is associated with the presence of vertebral fractures in postmenopausal women with type 2 diabetes mellitus

Authors: I. Kanazawa, T. Yamaguchi, M. Yamamoto, M. Yamauchi, S. Yano, T. Sugimoto

Published in: Osteoporosis International | Issue 12/2007

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Abstract

Summary

Multivariate logistic regression analysis showed that serum IGF-I level was significantly lower in postmenopausal diabetic women with vertebral fractures than in those without fractures. Serum IGF-I level could be clinically useful for assessing the risk of vertebral fractures independent of BMD in postmenopausal women with type 2 diabetes.

Introduction

We investigated the relationships among serum IGF-I and C-peptide levels, BMD, and vertebral fractures in postmenopausal women with type 2 diabetes.

Methods

A total of 131 postmenopausal women with type 2 diabetes were consecutively recruited, and radiographic and biochemical characteristics were collected.

Results

Either IGF-I or C-peptide was not correlated with BMD at any site or bone metabolic markers, such as osteocalcin (OC) and urinary N-terminal cross-linked telopeptide of type-I collagen (uNTX). However, serum IGF-I level was significantly lower in subjects with vertebral fractures than in those without fractures (mean ± SD: 106.9 ± 50.0 vs. 142.8 ± 50.8 ng/ml, p = 0.0006). When multivariate logistic regression analysis was performed with the presence of vertebral fractures as a dependent variable and serum IGF-I adjusted for the parameters described above as independent variables, IGF-I was selected as an index affecting the presence of vertebral fractures [odds ratio = 0.436, 95% confidential interval 0.234–0.814 per SD increase, p = 0.0092]. This significance was almost the same after additional adjustment for lumbar BMD or C-peptide.

Conclusions

Serum IGF-I level could be clinically useful for assessing the risk of vertebral fractures independent of BMD in postmenopausal women with type 2 diabetes.
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Metadata
Title
Serum insulin-like growth factor-I level is associated with the presence of vertebral fractures in postmenopausal women with type 2 diabetes mellitus
Authors
I. Kanazawa
T. Yamaguchi
M. Yamamoto
M. Yamauchi
S. Yano
T. Sugimoto
Publication date
01-12-2007
Publisher
Springer-Verlag
Published in
Osteoporosis International / Issue 12/2007
Print ISSN: 0937-941X
Electronic ISSN: 1433-2965
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00198-007-0430-0

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