title: A study of bone mineral density in diabetes mellitus in eastern India.
abstract: To measure bone mineral density in diabetic patients at the time of clinical diagnosis of diabetes mellitus and to find out correlation, if any, with microvascular complication of diabetes mellitus and glycosylated haemoglobin, a study was conducted at Medical College and Hospital, Kolkata among 138 cases of diabetes and 212 controls. All patients were screened for ophthalmoscopy, routine blood and urine examinations. Bone ultrasound attenuation study of the calcaneus was performed in all cases. The bone ultrasound attenuation result was compared to a mean normal population result and expressed as Z score and T score. The age of diabetic patients varied from 11 years to 70 years. Of 138 diabetics, 32 (23.18%) had type 1 diabetes and rest type 2 diabetes. Forty-two diabetic patients had retinopathy, 42 nephropathy and 48 had neuropathy. Glycosylated haemoglobin was above 7% in 124 patients. The broadband ultrasound attenuation of type 1 diabetics ranged from 38 to 95 dB/MHz and in type 2 it was 35 to 104 dB/MHz. There was no statistically significant correlation between neuropathy, nephropathy, retinopathy and bone mineral density status. It was also found no correlation between glycosylated haemoglobin values and ultrasound attenuation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Medical College, Kolkata 700073.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Chakrabarty
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Sarkar
authors.forename: S K
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Pal
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Banerjee
authors.forename: R N
authors.initials: RN
authors.lastname: Sarkar
authors.forename: N B
authors.initials: NB
authors.lastname: Debnath
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D015519:Bone Density; D002648:Child; D003920:Diabetes Mellitus / Q000097:blood / Q000503:physiopathology*; D003928:Diabetic Nephropathies / Q000503:physiopathology; D003930:Diabetic Retinopathy / Q000503:physiopathology; D005260:Female; D006442:Glycated Hemoglobin / Q000032:analysis; D006801:Humans; D007194:India; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged
chemical_list: D006442:Glycated Hemoglobin