Tianjin Medical Journal ›› 2025, Vol. 53 ›› Issue (1): 88-92.doi: 10.11958/20241148

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Correlation between systemic inflammation markers and bone mineral density in male patients with type 2 diabetes

WEI Sicheng1(), YU Sui1,2,(), YU Ying1, LI Huafeng2, ZHANG Qi2, TANG Yuxiao2, WANG Qiuling2, YU Xiao2   

  1. 1 The Second Clinical Medical College of Binzhou Medical University, Yantai 264000, China
    2 Department of Endocrinology and Metabolic Diseases, the Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University, Yantai Yuhuangding Hospital
  • Received:2024-08-20 Revised:2024-11-05 Published:2025-01-15 Online:2025-02-06
  • Contact: E-mail:yusuiyhd@163.com

Abstract:

Objective To evaluate the relationship between systemic inflammation makers and bone mineral density (BMD) in male patients with type 2 diabetes (T2DM).Methods A total of 261 male patients with T2DM were selected and divided into three groups based on diagnostic criteria: the normal bone mass group (96 cases), the reduced bone mass group (111 cases) and the osteoporosis group (54 cases). Differences in systemic inflammation markers and bone metabolic markers were compared between the three groups. Multivariate ordered Logistic regression analysis was used to investigate factors influencing the progression from normal bone mass to osteoporosis in male patients with T2DM. Receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curves were used to evaluate the predictive value of inflammatory markers for osteoporosis in male patients with T2DM. Correlation analysis was conducted to investigate the correlation between inflammatory markers and BMD and bone turnover markers (BTM) in male patients with T2DM.Results Platelet count (PLT), platelet-to-lymphocyte ratio (PLR), systemic inflammatory index (SII) and neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio (NLR) were significantly higher in the osteoporosis group than those in the normal bone mass group (P<0.05). Multivariate ordered Logistic regression analysis showed that PLR and SII were risk factors for the progression from normal bone mass to osteoporosis in male patients with T2DM (P<0.05). The area under the ROC curve of PLR was 0.590, and the cut-off value was 96.67. The area under the curve of SII was 0.613, with a cut-off value of 307.9, and the area under the combined curve of the above two indicators was 0.612. In patients with osteoporosis and osteopenia, SII, PLR and PLT were negatively correlated with L1-4 BMD and left hip BMD (P<0.05). SII was also negatively correlated with left femoral neck BMD (P<0.05).Conclusion Inflammatory markers PLR and SII have predictive values for the progression from normal bone mass to bone loss and osteoporosis in male patients with T2DM.

Key words: diabetes mellitus, type 2, osteoporosis, bone density, systemic inflammation markers, PLR, SII, male

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