Epidemiology of spinal osteoporosis

Spine
L J Melton

Abstract

Approximately 30% of postmenopausal white women in the United States have osteoporosis, and 16% have osteoporosis of the lumbar spine in particular. Bone density of the spine is positively associated with greater height and weight, older age at menopause, a history of arthritis, more physical activity, moderate use of alcoholic beverages, diuretic treatment, and current estrogen replacement therapy, whereas later age at menarche and a maternal history of fracture are associated with lower levels of density. Low bone density leads to an increased risk of osteoporotic fractures. Fracture risk also increase with age. Vertebral fractures affect approximately 25% of postmenopausal women, although the exact figure depends on the definition used. Recent data show that vertebral fracture rates are as great in men as in women but, because women live longer, the lifetime risk of a vertebral fracture from age 50 onward is 16% in white women and only 5% in white men. Fracture rates are less in most nonwhite populations, but vertebral fractures are as common in Asian women as in those of European heritage. Other risk factors for vertebral fractures are less clear but include hypogonadism and secondary osteoporosis; obesity is protective of ...Continue Reading

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