Diabetes Mellitus is Associated with Poor Bone Microarchitecture in Older Adults Residing in Long-Term Care Facilities

Table 2

Measures of bone health and diabetes.

Bone measure	Women				Men
	DM Mean ± SD	No DM Mean ± SD	Adjusted difference ± SE	p value	DM Mean ± SD	No DM Mean ± SD	Adjusted difference ± SE	p value
BMD (g/cm^2)
Lumbar spine	1.106 ± 0.200	1.017 ± 0.204	0.084 ± 0.023	0.0003	1.227 ± 0.197	1.208 ± 0.215	0.023 ± 0.057	0.6851
Total hip	0.780 ± 0.331	0.734 ± 0.235	0.015 ± 0.030	0.6255	0.935 ± 0.182	0.894 ± 0.144	0.029 ± 0.042	0.4848
Femoral neck	0.695 ± 0.123	0.651 ± 0.114	0.027 ± 0.013	0.0463	0.770 ± 0.175	0.728 ± 0.129	0.028 ± 0.038	0.4559
TBS	1.211 ± 0.172	1.266 ± 0.136	−0.036 ± 0.016	0.0299	1.255 ± 0.189	1.268 ± 0.132	−0.011 ± 0.041	0.7935

DM = diabetes mellitus, BMD = bone mineral density, TBS = trabecular bone score, SD = standard deviation, and SE = standard error.