Bone Abstracts

Purposes: The trabecular bone score (TBS) is an indicator of cancellous bone microstructure obtained from image analysis with lumbar spine dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) scans. A decrease in TBS is considered to be a risk factor for vertebral fracture that is independent of BMD. At the same time, it has been reported that, BMD was higher and TBS was lower in women with type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM), and a decreasing TBS is risk factor for fracture. However, the relatio...