Bone Mineral Density

Adolescent girls with type 1 diabetes lost trabecular volumetric bone mineral density over 1 year compared with gains for girls without diabetes, with greater loss at higher HbA1c levels, according to a speaker.

ATLANTA — Vitamin D deficiency was associated with decreased bone density, more severe bone defects and poor overall outcomes in patients with recurrent traumatic shoulder instability, according to study results presented here.

Results showed preoperative osteoporosis and loss of bone mineral density after surgery did not affect failure risk or functional outcomes after open reduction and internal fixation of three- or four-part proximal humerus fractures.

The FDA has granted breakthrough device designation to a clinical tool for determining bone fragility and fracture risk for older women, according to an industry press release.

In postmenopausal women, eating prunes every day prevented loss of hip bone mineral density and protected against hip fractures, according to a randomized controlled trial published in The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition.

Adults who eat a vegan diet and perform resistance training at least once per week have stronger bone microarchitecture than vegans who do not perform resistance training, according to study findings.

Denosumab is associated with a greater increase in lumbar spine bone mineral density at 12 months compared with ibandronate as a sequential treatment after 12 months of romosozumab therapy, according to study findings published in Bone.

Teriparatide restores bone mineral quality to premenopausal levels for women with postmenopausal osteoporosis if taken for 24 months, but not if taken at shorter intervals, according to study findings published in Bone.

A dairy food-based nutrition and exercise intervention during pregnancy that optimized protein and calcium intake improved mothers’ bone health compared with usual care, according to a study in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition.

Reductions in bone mineral density in adolescents with obesity who undergo sleeve gastrectomy are associated with changes in sex hormones, sclerostin and enteric peptides, according to study findings.