Elevated fracture risk in a Danish cohort with type 2 diabetes mellitus and microvascular diseases
Mohamad I Nasser, Therese K Grønborg, Frederik P B Kristensen, Reimar W Thomsen, Allan Vaag, Jens Steen Nielsen, Kurt Højlund, Michael H Olsen, Peter Vestergaard, Richard Eastell, Morten Frost · 2026
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Mohamad I Nasser and co-authors report a 2026 Danish study of bone breaks in people with type 2 diabetes who also carry small-vessel damage. The cohort held 10,491 people tracked for a median near eight years. Small-vessel disease covered eye, kidney, and nerve damage, and the team compared hospital-treated breaks between those with and without such damage.
Break rates ran about thirty percent higher in the damage group for both all breaks and major bone breaks at hip, spine, arm, and wrist. Nerve damage carried the strongest signal, with rates near fifty percent higher on both counts. Falls from nerve harm plus weaker bone quality likely share the blame. Diabetes clinics already screen eyes and kidneys, so adding break risk checks for patients with nerve damage would be a small step.
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| CREATOR | Mohamad I Nasser, Therese K Grønborg, Frederik P B Kristensen, Reimar W Thomsen, Allan Vaag, Jens Steen Nielsen, Kurt Højlund, Michael H Olsen, Peter Vestergaard, Richard Eastell, Morten Frost |
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| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 41788 |
| LICENSE | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |