@article{c261f655561446c981899fa55b63670d,
title = "Epidemiology of vertebral fractures in women",
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.",
keywords = "Cross-sectional studies, Osteoporosis, Risk",
author = "Melton, {L. Joseph} and Kan, {Stephen H.} and Frye, {Mark A.} and Wahner, {Heinz W.} and O'fallon, {W. Michael} and Riggs, {B. Lawrence}",
note = "Funding Information: Received for publication November 16, 1987, and in final form July 12, 1988. 1Mayo Clinic and Foundation, Department of Health Sciences Research, Rochester, MN. 2Mayo Clinic and Foundation, Division of Endocrinology/Metabolism and Internal Medicine, Rochester, MN. 3Mayo Clinic and Foundation, Section of Diagnostic Nuclear Medicine, Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Rochester, MN. Reprint requests to Dr. L. Joseph Melton, III, Section of Clinical Epidemiology, Department of Health Sciences Research, Mayo Clinic, 200 First Street SW, Rochester, MN 55905. This work was supported in part by research grants AR-27065 and AR-30582 from the National Institutes of Health. The authors thank Ms. Sharon Elcombe for assistance with data analysis and Ms. Mary Ramaker for help in preparing the manuscript.",
year = "1989",
month = may,
doi = "10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a115204",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "129",
pages = "1000--1011",
journal = "American Journal of Epidemiology",
issn = "0002-9262",
publisher = "Oxford University Press",
number = "5",
}