Table 6.

Meta-regression results for BMD for individuals from the diabetic group of the studies

Site	Gender (female–male)	Age (years)	BMI (kg/m2)	HbA1c (%)
Femoral neck	−0.114 ± 0.012*	0.002 ± 0.002	0.022 ± 0.002*	0.045 ± 0.013*
Hip	−0.119 ± 0.021*	−0.015 ± 0.003*	–	0.117 ± 0.024*
Spine	−0.164 ± 0.018*	0.030 ± 0.006*	0.029 ± 0.004*	0.241 ± 0.090*
Forearm	−0.150 ± 0.050*	0.001 ± 0.013	−0.001 ± 0.006	−0.062 ± 0.052

Values are regression coefficients ± SEM, * P value < 0.05