Objective By detecting the levels of 25-hydroxyvitamin D [25(OH)D], matrix metalloproteinases-2 (MMP-2), beta collagenous degradation products (β-CTX), type I-collagen amino end lengthening peptide (PINP), and osteocalcin (BGP) in the serum of postmenopausal T2DM patients in different bone metabolic status, to preliminarily study their role and significance in the occurrence and development of osteoporosis complicated with T2DM. Methods One hundred and thirty postmenopausal T2DM women in the Department of Endocrinology of our hospital from October 2016 to October 2017 were selected. They were divided into 3 groups according to their bone mineral density: T2DM with normal bone mass group (group A, 45 cases), T2DM with osteopenia group (group B, 40 cases), and T2DM with osteoporosis group (group C, 45 cases). In the same period, age and gender-matched healthy people in physical examination center of our hospital were selected in normal control group (NC group, 50 cases). Serum MMP-2 was measured in all subjects with ELISA method. Pearson correlation analysis was used to analyzed the correlation between serum MMP-2 and clinical indicators in patients with T2DM postmenopausal women with osteoporosis. Logistic regression analysis was used to analyze the factors affecting bone mineral density in postmenopausal women with T2DM. Results 1) The levels of 25 (OH) D, HDL-C, and PINP in group A were significantly higher than those in group B, while the levels of MMP-2, β-CTX, BGP, HbA1c, and HOMA-IR significantly decreased, and the difference was statistically significant (P<0.05). FBG, LDL-C, TC, TG, FINS, course of disease were not different statistically (P>0.05). 2) The levels of MMP-2, FBG, HbA1c, HOMA-IR, LDL-C, TG, TC, and β-CTX in group C were significantly higher than those in group NC, while the levels of 25(OH)D, HDL-C, PINP, and BGP significantly decreased, and the difference was statistically significant (P<0.05). Conclusion The levels of MMP-2, β-CTX, and BGP in serum of postmenopausal patients with T2DM combined with osteoporosis increase significantly, while the levels of 25(OH)D and PINP decrease significantly, suggesting that high level of MMP-2 and low level of 25(OH)D may be involved in the development of postmenopausal T2DM combined with osteoporosis. |