Fractures are associated with increased mortality in the general population. Now, a new study from a Danish national database has examined mortality after a fracture in patients with diabetes mellitus. Increased age, male sex, alcohol dependency, retinopathy, heart failure and use of glucocorticoids were associated with increased mortality; statin use was associated with a reduced risk of death.
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Cauley, J. Diabetes, fractures and mortality—statin therapy. Nat Rev Endocrinol 11, 387–389 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1038/nrendo.2015.83
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