Bone Abstracts

Objective: The study of melatonin on the levels of autophagy in bone will contribute to new type 2 diabetes osteoporosis-pathological processes by which a specific role and mechanism for the treatment of type 2 diabetes-induced osteoporosis could emerge.Method: This study consists of a two-part experiment. We assessed different body parameters in rats, a type 2 diabetes model application, utilizing different concentrations of melatonin interventions, the...

Objective: To analyse the influential factors of lifestyle on vitamin D status among aged people in Shanghai community.Method: Lifestyles of 3846 elderly men and women aged over 65 years were investigated using a self-designed questionnaire from ten communities of urban and suburb in Shanghai China, which contained sociodemographic factors and lifestyle factors and so on. The levels of serum 25(OH)D were measured by Cobas Diagnosis System of Roche. Univa...