Type 1 Diabetes and Osteoporosis

Abstract The complications like cardiovascular diseases, osteoporosis and conginif detoriations that are seen in elderly has became more important as the increase oflong life expactance among Type 1 Diabetes mellitus (DM). It is very well known that long duration of diabetes and glisemic control is associated with bone mineral density and bone fragility risk. Also insüline deficiency in Type 1 DM isprovided to be a negative factor on bone stracture. As a result likely in Type 2DM, osteoporosis is more common among Type 1 DM than normal population and diagnosis delates. It is been thougt that the early diagnosis and teratment ofosteoporosis may decrease the risk of fracture which is an important comorbidite, in Type 1 diabetic patients