The associations between skeletal muscle mass to visceral fat area ratio (SVR) with bone mineral density (BMD) and 10-year probability of fracture risk in Chinese patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM): a cross-sectional study

Our study provided a novel viewpoint on the relationship between SVR and BMD/fracture risk. Relatively high SVR is a protective factor for bone in T2DM patients, but the osteoprotective effect of SVR was mediated by age and gender, and it persisted only in non-elderly men and elderly women with T2DM.