Association between renal function and bone mineral density in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus

This study evaluated the association between renal function, assessed by serum creatinine and estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) according to the Cockcroft-Gault (CG) and Modification of Diet in Renal Disease (MDRD) equations, and bone mineral density (BMD) in Chinese patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM).

1322 patients with T2DM were included, and their basic clinical information, serum biochemical tests, and BMD at the total hip and femur neck were collected. Multivariate adjusted linear regression, smooth curve fitting and a piecewise linear regression model were used to analyze linear and nonlinear associations. Age, BMI, drinking, smoking, systolic blood pressure and diastolic blood pressure, FBG, HbA1C, course of diabetes, hsCRP, TC, TG, HDL-C, LDL-C, Ca, P, PTH, ALP, OC, P1NP, β-CTX and 25(OH)D were adjusted.

After adjusting the variables, no correlation between eGFR CG and eGFR MDRD and femur neck BMD was observed in women, men, or the total population. The eGFR CG and eGFR MDRD had a significant positive association with total hip BMD in men and the total population with T2DM. With a 10-unit decrease in eGFR CG, total hip BMD reduced by 0.012 g/cm² in men and 0.010 g/cm² the total population. Total hip BMD reduced by 0.014 g/cm² in men and 0.022 g/cm² in the total population with a 10-unit decrease in eGFR MDRD. There was no correlation between eGFR CG or eGFR MDRD and total hip BMD in female participants.

Impaired renal function was associated with decreased total hip BMD in men and the total population with T2DM. No associated between renal function with femur neck BMD was observed.