Type 2 diabetes and fractures: more information is needed.
- Resource Type
- Editorial
- Authors
- Rubin, Mishaela
- Source
- Endocrine (1355008X); Jun2013, Vol. 43 Issue 3, p469-471, 3p
- Subject
- Language
- ISSN
- 1355008X
The author reflects on the increasing cases of Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2D) as chronic metabolic disorder and fractures. She comments on a study conducted by Somma et. al published in the January 2013 issue of the journal related to the measurement of the spinal deformity index (SDI) in patients with T2D disease. She informs that T2D has affected over 366 million of adults worldwide and is expected to reach the number of 552 million by the year 2030.