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BARCELONA, Spain (Reuters) – A large study suggests that patients with type 1 diabetes are more likely to break their bones when their blood sugar levels are so high.
The researchers examined data from over 47,000 diabetics, including 3,329 patients with type 1 diabetes, the least common type of diabetes, and typically occur during childhood or early adolescence when the pancreas does not secrete insulin.
The other study participants were people with type 2 diabetes related to obesity, aging and the incidence of infections when the body could not use or excrete enough insulin to convert sugar into blood in energy.
The study found that the risk of bone fracture was higher in type 1 patients when their average blood glucose was significantly higher.
"It is important for type I diabetics to properly control their blood sugar for all kinds of reasons, and avoid fractures," said researcher Francesque Formega of the University of Barcelona.
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