Lenchik L, et al. - Experts sought to ascertain the association between vertebral fractures and vertebral volumetric bone mineral density (vBMD) and mortality in African Americans with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2D). They examined the relationships between vertebral fractures and vBMD with all-cause mortality in participants with T2D (391 women and 284 men) in the African American-Diabetes Heart Study (AA-DHS). Findings suggested an association of lower vBMD with elevated all-cause mortality in African-American men with T2D, independent of other risk factors for mortality, including subclinical atherosclerosis. No link was found between vertebral fractures and mortality.