Abstract
Vertebral fracture prevalence was assessed in an age-stratified random sample of Rochester, Minnesota women aged 50 years and over. Vertebral fractures, including wedge and concavity as well as compression fractures, were common and increased with age. The estimated incidence of new vertebral fractures also rose with age, reaching 29.6 per 1,000 person-years in women aged ≤85 years. The prevalence of one or more vertebral fractures also increased with declining bone mass, reaching 42% in women with spinal bone mineral density less than 0.6 g/cm2 by dual photon absorptiometry. Bone mass and age contributed independently to the risk of vertebral fracture, but "age" may reflect other manifestations of osteoporosis.
| Original language | English (US) |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 1000-1011 |
| Number of pages | 12 |
| Journal | American journal of epidemiology |
| Volume | 129 |
| Issue number | 5 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - May 1989 |
Keywords
- Cross-sectional studies
- Osteoporosis
- Risk
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Epidemiology
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Melton, L. J., Kan, S. H., Frye, M. A., Wahner, H. W., O'fallon, W. M., & Riggs, B. L. (1989). Epidemiology of vertebral fractures in women. American journal of epidemiology, 129(5), 1000-1011. https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a115204