Particularities of the calcium-phosphorus metabolism in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus

Abstract

Recently, the problem of osteoporosis (OP) has been more and more important. Increase in the propitiation of aging population elevated the frequency of new cases of OP, bringing it to a leading position in the structure of not-infections diseases. In the modern classification of osteoporosis, a group of secondary osteoporosis ( about 15% of all cases of osteoporosis) and osteoporosis associated with type 1 diabetes mellitus is distinguished. The degree of impairment of calcium-phosphorus metabolism in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus has not been investigated.