J Clin Endocrinol Metab
August 2017
Context: The increased fracture risk associated with type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM) remains unexplained by traditional risk factors such as low areal bone mineral density (aBMD). Nonetheless, few data exist on other determinants of bone strength in T1DM, including volumetric bone mineral density (vBMD) and bone geometry.
Objective: We compared areal and volumetric bone parameters and cortical bone geometry in adult T1DM patients and sex- and age-matched controls.