Abstract:Objective To investigate the occurrence of postmenopausal osteoporosis in female patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM), to establish a risk prediction model, and to verify the predictive efficacy of the model.Methods Ninety-eight female T2DM patients treated in the Second Affiliated Hospital of Hainan Medical College from January 2019 to December 2021 were selected. According to the presence of osteoporosis, they were divided into osteoporosis group (53 cases) and non-osteoporosis group (45 cases). The clinical data of these patients collected and compared, and the indicators that were different between the two groups were further analyzed via multivariable Logistic regression to establish the prediction model. Hosmer-Lemeshow (H-L) test was used to assess the goodness of fit of the model, and another 50 patients were selected to verify the predictive efficacy of the model through the receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve analysis.Results There were significant differences between the two groups in age, disease duration, body mass index (BMI), age of menopause, years since menopause, number of pregnancies, level of education and serum levels of glycosylated hemoglobin (HbA1c), 25-hydroxyvitamin D3 [25(OH)D3] and alkaline phosphatase (ALP) (P < 0.05). The unconditional multivariable Logistic stepwise regression analysis revealed that age ≥ 65 years [O^R = 9.625 (95% CI: 1.378, 67.246) ], years since menopause ≥ 15 [O^R =10.125 (95% CI: 1.466, 69.934) ], number of pregnancies ≥ 3 [O^R = 7.200 (95% CI: 1.081, 47.962) ], and serum ALP ≥ 68.17 u/L [O^R = 12.500 (95% CI: 2.105, 24.483) ] were risk factors for the occurrence of postmenopausal osteoporosis in female T2DM patients, and that BMI > 24.0 kg/m2 [O^R = 0.068 (95% CI: 0.009, 0.508) ], level of education no less than junior middle school [O^R = 0.069 (95% CI: 0.007, 0.736) ], and serum 25(OH)D3 ≥ 36.22 nmol/mL [O^R= 0.167 (95% CI: 0.028, 0.983) ] were the protective factors (P < 0.05). The final risk prediction model for postmenopausal osteoporosis in female T2DM patients was established as Logistic (P) = (-0.167) + 2.264 × age + (-2.686) × BMI + 2.315 × years since menopause + 1.974 × number of pregnancies + (-2.667)× level of education + (-1.792) × serum level of 25(OH)D3 + 3.114 × serum level of ALP. The H-L test demonstrated a P value of 0.170, suggesting that the model fitted well. The area under the ROC curve (AUC) of the model was 0.861 (95% CI: 0.820, 0.893) and the maximum value of Youden index was 0.580. Besides, the optimal cutoff value of the model was 0.471, with a sensitivity of 0.887 and a specificity of 0.822. In the validation of the clinical model, the AUC was 0.832 when the cutoff value was set as 0.471, with a sensitivity of 0.850 and a specificity of 0.775.Conclusions The occurrence of postmenopausal osteoporosis in female T2DM patients is affected by multiple factors. The prediction model established in this study exhibits great efficacy and consistency of performance, which facilitates the early identification of the high-risk group of postmenopausal osteoporosis in female T2DM patients and therefore the early interventions to improve the bone mineral density of the patients and to reduce the risk of osteoporosis.