Increased fracture risk for adults with type 1 diabetes

Fracture incidence for adults with type 1 diabetes is higher than those without diabetes, and rises as severity of diabetic kidney disease worsens, researchers reported in Diabetes Care. “Fracture risk in individuals with type 1 diabetes begins in youth and increases substantially with the development of diabetic kidney disease,” Maija Feodoroff, MD, PhD, visiting researcher in the Folkhälsan