Research Article
Risk Factors for Fracture in Diabetes: The Canadian Multicentre Osteoporosis Study
Table 1
Baseline characteristics of all CaMos participants over 50 years of age and of participants with diabetes.
| | | All CaMos participants >50 yrs () | Insulin-dependent diabetes () | Noninsulin-dependent diabetes () |
| | Age (years); mean (SD) | 66.7 (9.4) | 68.0 (9.0) | 69.4 (8.8) | | Gender (female) | 71.8% | 64.3% | 65.7% | | Femoral neck BMD T-Score; mean (SD) | −1.24 (0.99) | −0.97 (1.17) | −0.97 (1.04) | | Caucasian | 95.5% | 93.9% | 94.3% | | Fracture at baseline (; %) | 2133 (27.5) | 38 (38.8) | 146 (28.7) | | BMI; mean (SD) | 27.1 (4.78) | 29.73 (5.45) | 29.06 (5.24) | | Years since diagnosis of diabetes; mean; (SD) | N/A | 15.4 (11.28) | 9.64 (9.60) | | Cigarette use*; (%) | 4163 (53.7) | 54 (55.1) | 280 (55.1) | | Corticosteroid use†; (%) | 415 (4.4) | 12 (12.24) | 33 (6.50) | | Alcohol use (per wk); mean (SD) | 2.88 (5.85) | 1.97 (5.45) | 2.27 (6.79) |
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Ever use daily for >6 months.
Oral or IV, ever use daily for >1 month.
SD: standard deviation, BMD: bone mineral density, and BMI: body mass index.
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