Osima, Marit; Kral, Rita; Borgen, Tove Tveitan; Høgestøl, Ingvild Kristine; Joakimsen, Ragnar Martin; Eriksen, Erik Fink; Bjørnerem, Åshild (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2017-02-01)
<p>Increased cortical porosity has been suggested as a possible factor increasing fracture propensity in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). This is a paradox because cortical porosity is generally associated with high bone turnover, while bone turnover is reduced in patients with T2DM. We therefore wanted to test the hypothesis that women with T2DM have lower bone turnover markers (BTM) ...