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Barzilay JI, Buzkova P, Bielinski SJ, Cotch MF, Kestenbaum B, Austin TR, Carbone L, Mukamal KJ, Budoff MJ. The association of microvascular disease and endothelial dysfunction with vertebral trabecular bone mineral density : The MESA study. Osteoporos Int 2024:10.1007/s00198-024-07152-y. [PMID: 38913124 DOI: 10.1007/s00198-024-07152-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/26/2024] [Accepted: 06/11/2024] [Indexed: 06/25/2024]
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Retinopathy and albuminuria are associated with hip fracture risk. We investigated whether these disorders and endothelial dysfunction (which underlies microvascular diseases) were associated with low trabecular bone density. No significant associations were found, suggesting that microvascular diseases are not related to fracture risk through low trabecular bone density. PURPOSE Microvascular diseases of the eye, kidney, and brain are associated with endothelial dysfunction and increased hip fracture risk. To explore the basis for higher hip fracture risk, we comprehensively examined whether markers of microvascular disease and/or endothelial dysfunction are related to trabecular bone mineral density (BMD), a proximate risk factor for osteoporotic fractures. METHODS Among 6814 participants in the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis study (MESA), we derived thoracic vertebral trabecular BMD from computed tomography of the chest and measured urine albumin to creatinine ratios (UACR), retinal arteriolar and venular widths, flow mediated dilation (FMD) of the brachial artery after 5 min of ischemia; and levels of five soluble endothelial adhesion markers (ICAM-1, VCAM-1, L-selectin, P-selectin, and E-selectin). Linear regression models were used to examine the association of trabecular BMD with markers of microvascular disease and with markers of endothelial dysfunction. RESULTS We observed no significant associations of UACR, retinal arteriolar or venular widths, or FMD with BMD. We also observed no statistically significant association of spine trabecular BMD with levels of endothelial adhesion markers. Men and women had largely similar results. CONCLUSION We conclude that there is little evidence to connect thoracic spine trabecular BMD to microvascular disorders or to endothelial dysfunction among multi-ethnic middle-aged and older adults. Other factors beyond trabecular BMD (e.g., bone quality or predisposition to falling) may be responsible for the associations of microvascular disease with osteoporotic fractures.
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- Joshua I Barzilay
- Division of Endocrinology, Kaiser Permanente of Georgia, 3650 Steve Reynolds Blvd, Duluth, GA, 30096, USA.
- Division of Endocrinology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, USA.
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- Division of Biostatistics, School of Public Health, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Office of Vision Health and Population Sciences, National Eye Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Division of Nephrology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Department of Epidemiology, Cardiovascular Health Research Unit, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Division of Rheumatology, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta, GA, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard University, Brookline, MA, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Lundquist Institute at Harbor-UCLA, Torrance, CA, USA
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Sheets KM, Buzkova P, Chen Z, Carbone LD, Cauley JA, Barzilay JI, Starks JL, Miller LM, Fink HA. Association of covert brain infarcts and white matter hyperintensities with risk of hip fracture in older adults: the Cardiovascular Health Study. Osteoporos Int 2023; 34:91-99. [PMID: 36355067 PMCID: PMC9812913 DOI: 10.1007/s00198-022-06565-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/02/2022] [Accepted: 09/30/2022] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Covert brain infarcts and white matter hyperintensities (WMHs), incidental markers of brain microvascular disease commonly seen on brain MRIs in older adults, have been associated with falls and lower bone mineral density. We found covert infarcts and WMHs may also be associated with an increased risk of future hip fracture. INTRODUCTION To determine whether covert infarcts and white matter hyperintensities (WMHs) are associated with increased risk of incident hip fracture. METHODS A prospective cohort of 3373 community-dwelling adults aged ≥ 65 years enrolled in the Cardiovascular Health Study with a brain MRI (1992-1993) was analyzed. Covert infarcts were categorized by number of infarcts and largest infarct size. WMH burden was assessed by radiologists and graded qualitatively from 0 (no WMHs) to 9 (extensive). RESULTS Participants had 465 incident hip fractures during a mean follow-up of 12.8 years. The demographic-adjusted hazard of incident hip fracture was 32% higher among participants with ≥ 1 covert infarct compared to those without infarcts (hazard ratio (HR) 1.32; 95% CI, 1.08-1.62). The hazard of incident hip fracture was similar after further adjustment for medications and medical history (HR = 1.34; 95% CI, 1.08-1.65), but attenuated following additional adjustment for functional status, frailty, and falls (HR = 1.25; 95% CI, 0.99-1.57). Fully adjusted hazard of incident hip fracture per increase in infarct number was 1.10 (95% CI, 0.98-1.23); risk in individuals whose largest infarct was ≥ 20 mm versus 3 to < 20 mm was similar. Compared with WMH grades 0-1, the demographic-adjusted hazard of hip fracture was 1.34 (95% CI, 1.09-1.66) and 1.83 (95% CI, 1.37-2.46), respectively, for WMH grades 2-3 and 4-9. The hazard was similar following adjustment for medications and medical history (grades 2-3: HR = 1.32; 95% CI, 1.05-1.64; grades 4-9: HR = 1.69; 95% CI, 1.23-2.30), but attenuated following additional adjustment for functional status, frailty, and falls (grades 2-3: HR = 1.24; 95% CI, 0.98-1.56; grades 4-9: HR = 1.34; 95% CI, 0.95-1.90). CONCLUSION Older, community-dwelling adults with covert infarcts or WMHs may be at increased risk of hip fracture.
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- Kerry M Sheets
- Department of Medicine, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA.
- Division of Geriatrics, Department of Medicine, Hennepin Healthcare, 701 Park Ave, Minneapolis, MN, 55415, USA.
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- Department of Biostatistics, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Division of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA
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- Charlie Norwood Veterans Affairs Center, Augusta, GA, USA
- Department of Medicine, J. Harold Harrison M.D. Distinguished Chair in Rheumatology, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta University, Augusta, GA, USA
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- Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of Pittsburg, Pittsburg, PA, USA
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- Division of Endocrinology, Kaiser Permanente of Georgia, Duluth, GA, USA
- Division of Endocrinology, Emory University School of Medicine, Druid Hills, USA
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- Department of Neurology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA
- Department of Neurology, VA Health Care System, Minneapolis, MN, USA
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- Division of Nephrology-Hypertension, University of California San Diego, San Diego, CA, USA
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- Department of Medicine, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA
- Geriatric Research Education and Clinical Center, VA Health Care System, Minneapolis, MN, USA
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Barzilay JI, Ghosh A, Busui RP, Ahmann A, Balasubramanyam A, Banerji MA, Cohen RM, Green J, Ismail-Beigi F, Martin CL, Seaquist E, Luchsinger JA. The cross-sectional association of cognition with diabetic peripheral and autonomic neuropathy-The GRADE study. J Diabetes Complications 2021; 35:108047. [PMID: 34556408 PMCID: PMC8608739 DOI: 10.1016/j.jdiacomp.2021.108047] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/30/2021] [Revised: 09/10/2021] [Accepted: 09/10/2021] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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BACKGROUND Studies examining whether measures of cognition are related to the presence of diabetic peripheral neuropathy (DPN) and/or cardiovascular autonomic neuropathy (CAN) are lacking, as are data regarding factors potentially explaining such associations. METHODS Participants were from the Glycemia Reduction Approaches in Diabetes Study (GRADE) that examined 5047 middle-aged people with type 2 diabetes of <10 years of known duration. Verbal learning and immediate and delayed recall (memory) were assessed with the Spanish English Verbal Learning Test; frontal executive function and processing speed with the Digit Symbol Substitution Test; and ability to concentrate and organize data with word and animal fluency tests. DPN was assessed with the Michigan Neuropathy Screening Instrument and CAN by indices of heart rate variability (standard deviation of normal beat to beat variation [SDNN] and root mean square of successive differences [RMSSD]). RESULTS DPN was significantly inversely related to measures of immediate recall and processing speed. The percent of cognitive variation explained by DPN was small. Tests of CAN had an inconsistent or absent association with measures of cognition. Higher waist circumference and urine albumin creatinine (UACR) levels were the strongest correlates in the relationship between DPN and cognitive impairment. CONCLUSION DPN, but not CAN, was cross-sectionally associated with lower performance in measures of cognition in people with type 2 diabetes of <10 years of known duration. Greater waist circumference and UACR were important variables in this association. The mechanisms underlying the cross-sectional association of DPN with cognitive impairment are unknown. Clinicaltrials.gov: NCT01794143.
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- Joshua I Barzilay
- Division of Endocrinology, Kaiser Permanente of Georgia and the Division of Endocrinology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, United States of America.
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- The Biostatistics Center, Department of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics, Milken Institute School of Public Health, The George Washington University, Rockville, MD, United States of America
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- Division of Metabolism, Endocrinology and Diabetes, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, United States of America
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- Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes & Clinical Nutrition, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR, United States of America
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- Division of Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolism, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, United States of America
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- State University of New York Downstate Medical Center, Kings County Hospital, Brooklyn, NY, United States of America
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- Division of, Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine and Cincinnati VA Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, United States of America
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Endocrinology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, United States of America
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- Division of Endocrinology, Case Western Reserve University and Cleveland VA Medical Center, Cleveland, OH, United States of America
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- Division of Metabolism, Endocrinology and Diabetes, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, United States of America
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- Division of Diabetes and Endocrinology, Department of Medicine, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, United States of America
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- Columbia University Irving Medical Center, Department of Medicine, New York, NY, United States of America; Columbia University Irving Medical Center, Department of Epidemiology, New York, NY, United States of America
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Barzilay JI, Younes N, Pop-Busui R, Florez H, Seaquist E, Falck-Ytter C, Luchsinger JA. The cross-sectional association of renal dysfunction with tests of cognition in middle-aged adults with early type 2 diabetes: The GRADE Study. J Diabetes Complications 2021; 35:107805. [PMID: 33288412 PMCID: PMC7870547 DOI: 10.1016/j.jdiacomp.2020.107805] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/23/2020] [Revised: 11/17/2020] [Accepted: 11/17/2020] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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OBJECTIVE The association of renal dysfunction with tests of cognition in type 2 diabetes has been examined in individuals with moderate and advanced renal disease. Here we examine the association of renal dysfunction with tests of cognition in a cohort of middle-aged adults with short duration diabetes (mean 4.0 ± 2.8 years). METHODS Baseline data were examined from the Glycemia Reduction Approaches in Diabetes (GRADE) study (n = 4998). Renal dysfunction was defined by the presence of albumin in the urine or by estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR). Cognition was assessed with the Spanish English Verbal Learning Test, Letter and Animal fluency tests, and the Digit Symbol Substitution Test. RESULTS Participants with albuminuria or eGFR <60 ml/min/1.73 m2 had significantly lower test scores of information processing speed and perception, executive function and ability to categorize information, and of verbal learning and memory compared to participants without renal disease. Adjustment for hypertension, dyslipidemia, and waist circumference attenuated many of these findings but markers of impaired learning and executive function continued to remain lower in association with higher urine albumin levels. CONCLUSION In type 2 diabetes of short duration, there are already subtle deficiencies in markers of cognition in association with renal disease in middle aged adults.
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- Joshua I Barzilay
- Kaiser Permanente of Georgia, Division of Endocrinology, Atlanta, GA, United States of America; Division of Endocrinology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, United States of America.
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- The Biostatistics Center, Department of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics, Milken Institute School of Public Health, George Washington University, Rockville, MD, United States of America
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- Division of Metabolism, Endocrinology and Diabetes, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, United States of America
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- GRECC Miami VA Healthcare System, University of Miami, Miami, FL, United States of America
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- Division of Diabetes and Endocrinology, Department of Medicine, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, MN, United States of America
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- Department of Medicine, VA North East Ohio Healthcare System, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, United States of America
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- Columbia University Irving Medical Center, Department of Medicine, New York, NY, United States of America; Columbia University Irving Medical Center, Department of Epidemiology, New York, NY, United States of America
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Barzilay JI, Buzkova P, Shlipak MG, Bansal N, Garimella P, Mukamal KJ. Hospitalization Rates in Older Adults With Albuminuria: The Cardiovascular Health Study. J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci 2020; 75:2426-2433. [PMID: 31968074 PMCID: PMC7662181 DOI: 10.1093/gerona/glaa020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/30/2019] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Albuminuria is highly prevalent among older adults, especially those with diabetes. It is associated with several chronic diseases, but its overall impact on the health of older adults, as measured by hospitalization, has not been quantified. METHOD We followed up 3,110 adults, mean age 78 years, for a median 9.75 years, of whom 654 (21%) had albuminuria (≥30 mg albumin/gram creatinine) at baseline. Poisson regression models, adjusted for cardiovascular, renal, and demographic factors, were used to evaluate the association of albuminuria with all-cause and cause-specific hospitalizations, as defined by ICD, version 9, categories. RESULTS The rates of hospitalization per 100 patient-years were 65.85 for participants with albuminuria and 37.55 for participants without albuminuria. After adjustment for covariates, participants with albuminuria were more likely to be hospitalized for any cause than participants without albuminuria (incident rate ratio, 1.39 [95% confidence intervals, 1.27. 1.53]) and to experience more days in hospital (incident rate ratio 1.56 [1.37, 1.76]). The association of albuminuria with hospitalization was similar among participants with and without diabetes (adjusted incident rate ratio for albuminuria versus no albuminuria: diabetes 1.37 [1.11, 1.70], no diabetes 1.40 [1.26, 1.55]; p interaction nonsignificant). Albuminuria was significantly associated with hospitalization for circulatory, endocrine, genitourinary, respiratory, and injury categories. CONCLUSIONS Albuminuria in older adults is associated with an increased risk of hospitalization for a broad range of illnesses. Albuminuria in the presence or absence of diabetes appears to mark a generalized vulnerability to diseases of aging among older adults.
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- Joshua I Barzilay
- Division of Endocrinology, Kaiser Permanente of Georgia, Atlanta
- The Division of Endocrinology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia
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- Department of Biostatistics, University of Washington School of Public Health, Seattle
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- Kidney Health Research Collaborative, San Francisco VA Medical Center, California
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- Division of Nephrology, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle
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- Division of Nephrology-Hypertension, University of California–San Diego
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- Department of Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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Bůžková P, Barzilay JI. Comment on Davis et al. Development and Validation of a Simple Hip Fracture Risk Prediction Tool for Type 2 Diabetes: The Fremantle Diabetes Study Phase I. Diabetes Care 2018;42:102-109. Diabetes Care 2019; 42:e100. [PMID: 31110124 PMCID: PMC6609946 DOI: 10.2337/dc19-0204] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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- Petra Bůžková
- Department of Biostatistics, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
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- Division of Endocrinology, Kaiser Permanente of Georgia, Atlanta, GA
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PURPOSE OF REVIEW This review summarizes the impact of thiazide diuretics on fracture risk in older hypertensive individuals. RECENT FINDINGS We performed a post hoc evaluation of the Antihypertensive and Lipid-Lowering Treatment to Prevent Heart Attack Trial, a randomized, prospective, double blind hypertension study comparing a thiazide-like diuretic, a calcium channel blocker (CCB), and an angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitor (ACEi). We examined the risk of hip and pelvic fractures during the in-trial period (n = 22,180 participants; mean 4.9-year follow-up) and during the post-trial period using national data bases (n = 16,622 participants) (mean total follow-up 7.8 years). During the trial, participants randomized to the thiazide diuretic versus the CCB or the ACEi had a lower risk of fracture on adjusted analyses (HR 0.79 [95% CI, 0.63, 0.98], p = 0.04). Risk of fracture was significantly lower in participants randomized to the diuretic as compared to those randomized to the ACEi (HR 0.75 [95% CI, 0.58, 0.98]; p = 0.04), but not significantly different compared to the CCB (HR 0.87 [95% CI, 0.71, 1.09]; p = 0.17). Over the entire trial and post-trial period of follow-up, the cumulative incidence of fractures was non-significantly lower in participants assigned to the diuretic vs assignment to the ACEi or the CCB (HR 0.87 [0.74-1.03], p = 0.10) and versus each medication separately. These findings establish a benefit for thiazide diuretic treatment for the prevention of fractures versus other commonly used antihypertensive medications using prospective, randomized data. The effects of the thiazide diuretic on bone appear to be long lasting.
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Fink HA, Vo TN, Langsetmo L, Barzilay JI, Cauley JA, Schousboe JT, Orwoll ES, Canales MT, Ishani A, Lane NE, Ensrud KE. Association of Increased Urinary Albumin With Risk of Incident Clinical Fracture and Rate of Hip Bone Loss: the Osteoporotic Fractures in Men Study. J Bone Miner Res 2017; 32:1090-1099. [PMID: 28012217 PMCID: PMC5413394 DOI: 10.1002/jbmr.3065] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/14/2016] [Revised: 12/06/2016] [Accepted: 12/15/2016] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
Abstract
Prior studies suggest that increased urine albumin is associated with a heightened fracture risk in women, but results in men are unclear. We used data from Osteoporotic Fractures in Men (MrOS), a prospective cohort study of community-dwelling men aged ≥65 years, to evaluate the association of increased urine albumin with subsequent fractures and annualized rate of hip bone loss. We calculated albumin/creatinine ratio (ACR) from urine collected at the 2003-2005 visit. Subsequent clinical fractures were ascertained from triannual questionnaires and centrally adjudicated by review of radiographic reports. Total hip BMD was measured by DXA at the 2003-2005 visit and again an average of 3.5 years later. We estimated risk of incident clinical fracture using Cox proportional hazards models, and annualized BMD change using ANCOVA. Of 2982 men with calculable ACR, 9.4% had ACR ≥30 mg/g (albuminuria) and 1.0% had ACR ≥300 mg/g (macroalbuminuria). During a mean of 8.7 years of follow-up, 20.0% of men had an incident clinical fracture. In multivariate-adjusted models, neither higher ACR quintile (p for trend 0.75) nor albuminuria (HR versus no albuminuria, 0.89; 95% CI, 0.65 to 1.20) was associated with increased risk of incident clinical fracture. Increased urine albumin had a borderline significant, multivariate-adjusted, positive association with rate of total hip bone loss when modeled in ACR quintiles (p = 0.06), but not when modeled as albuminuria versus no albuminuria. Macroalbuminuria was associated with a higher rate of annualized hip bone loss compared to no albuminuria (-1.8% more annualized loss than in men with ACR <30 mg/g; p < 0.001), but the limited prevalence of macroalbuminuria precluded reliable estimates of its fracture associations. In these community-dwelling older men, we found no association between urine albumin levels and risk of incident clinical fracture, but found a borderline significant, positive association with rate of hip bone loss. © 2016 American Society for Bone and Mineral Research.
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- Howard A. Fink
- Geriatric Research Education & Clinical Center, Veterans Affairs Health Care System, Minneapolis, MN
- Center for Chronic Disease Outcomes Research, Veterans Affairs Health Care System, Minneapolis, MN
- Department of Medicine, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
- Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
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- Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
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- Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
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- Division of Endocrinology, Kaiser Permanente of Georgia, Atlanta, GA
- Division of Endocrinology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA
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- Department of Epidemiology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA
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- Park Nicollet Institute, Minneapolis, MN
- Division of Health Policy and Management, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
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- Bone and Mineral Unit, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR
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- Department of Medicine (Nephrology), College of Public Health and Health Professions & College of Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
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- Department of Medicine, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
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- Center for Chronic Disease Outcomes Research, Veterans Affairs Health Care System, Minneapolis, MN
- Department of Medicine, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
- Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
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Barzilay JI, Bůžková P, Fink HA, Cauley JA, Robbins JA, Garimella PS, Jalal DI, Mukamal KJ. Systemic markers of microvascular disease and bone mineral density in older adults : The cardiovascular health study. Osteoporos Int 2016; 27:3217-3225. [PMID: 27250972 DOI: 10.1007/s00198-016-3649-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/13/2016] [Accepted: 05/23/2016] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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UNLABELLED Here we report that abnormal brain white matter and, to a lesser extent, albuminuria are associated with reduced bone mineral density in the hip, spine, and total body in men and women. These findings may explain the increased hip fracture risk reported in some studies in association with microvascular disorders. INTRODUCTION Markers of microvascular disease have been individually associated with increased risk of osteoporotic fractures in some studies. Here, we examine whether these markers are associated with reduced bone mineral density (BMD) individually and together. METHODS BMD testing using dual x-ray absorptiometry of the hip, lumbar spine, and total body was performed in 1473 participants from the Cardiovascular Health Study (mean age ~ 78 years): 1215 were assessed for urinary albumin-creatinine ratio, 944 for abnormal white matter disease (AWMD) by brain MRI, and 541 for retinal vascular disease with fundus photographs. Linear regression models were used to evaluate the cross-sectional association of each marker with BMD accounting for potentially confounding factors. RESULTS AWMD was associated with lower hip, spine, and total body BMD in women (β -3.08 to -4.53; p < 0.01 for all) and lower hip and total body BMD in men (β -2.90 to -4.24; p = 0.01-0.03). Albuminuria was associated with lower hip (β -3.37; p = .05) and total body (β -3.21; p = .02) BMD in men, but not in women. The associations of AWMD and albuminuria with BMD persisted with mutual adjustment and appeared to be additive to each other. Retinal vascular disease was not associated with BMD in men or women. CONCLUSION AWMD and, to a lesser extent, albuminuria were independently associated with lower BMD, suggesting that microvascular disease may play a role in the pathogenesis of reduced BMD. These findings need to be confirmed by longitudinal studies.
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- J I Barzilay
- Kaiser Permanente of Georgia, Division of Endocrinology and the Division of Endocrinology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, USA.
- Kaiser Permanente of Georgia, 3650 Steve Reynolds Blvd, Duluth, GA, 30096, USA.
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- Department of Biostatistics, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Geriatric Research Education and Clinical Center, VA Health Care System, Minneapolis, MN, USA
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- Department of Epidemiology, Graduate School, School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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- Department of Medicine, University of California at Davis, Modesto, CA, USA
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- Division of Nephrology, Tufts Medical Center, Boston, MA, USA
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- Division of Renal Diseases and Hypertension, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Center, Aurora, CO, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Brookline, MA, USA
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