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ArticleScientific reports2024

Spinal osteoarthritis is a risk of vertebral fractures in postmenopausal women.

Tatsuhiko Kuroda, Masataka Shiraki, Mitsuru Saito, Tomohiko Urano

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Article in Scientific reports, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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5 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 5 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. Thoracic spine degeneration in adult spinal deformity patients: impact on baseline alignment, reciprocal changes, and proximal junctional kyphosis.European spine journal : official publication of the European Spine Society, the European Spinal Deformity Society, and the European Section of the Cervical Spine Research Society · 2026
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  5. Association of vertebral fractures with worsening degenerative changes of the spine: a longitudinal study.Journal of bone and mineral research : the official journal of the American Society for Bone and Mineral Research · 2024
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Tatsuhiko KurodaPublic Health Research Foundation, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, Japan.
Masataka ShirakiResearch Institute and Practice for Involutional Diseases, Azumino City, Nagano, Japan.
Mitsuru SaitoDepartment of Orthopedic Surgery, Tokyo Jikei University, School of Medicine, Minato-ku, Tokyo, Japan.
Tomohiko UranoDepartment of Geriatric Medicine, International University of Health and Welfare School of Medicine, 4-3, Kozunomori, Narita City, Chiba, 286-8686, Japan. turanotky@gmail.com.
International University of Health and Welfare · JPJikei University School of Medicine · JPMinebeaMitsumi (Japan) · JP

Funding

Japan Society for the Promotion of Science 23K06873
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Recent studies have revealed that despite high bone mineral density (BMD), osteoarthritis (OA) is a risk factor for osteoporotic fractures. However, the relationship between spinal OA and vertebral fractures has not yet been fully investigated. This longitudinal analysis used a subset of ongoing cohort study consist with Japanese postmenopausal women. The prevalence of spinal OA was determined using Kellgren-Lawrence grading method. The incidence of vertebral fractures were determined by semiquantitative analysis of spinal X-ray films. The relationship between the presence of spinal OA and incidence of vertebral fractures was evaluated using the Cox regression analysis. In total, 1480 women were followed up for 8.1 ± 6.4 years. Among them, 923 were diagnosed with spinal OA, and incident vertebral fractures were observed in 473 participants. After adjusting for confounding variables, the spinal OA (≥ grade 2) was a significant predictor of incident vertebral fractures (hazard ratio, 1.52; 95% confidence interval: 1.19-1.93, p = 0.001). Using ROC analysis, the thresholds of lumbar BMD for incident vertebral fractures were 0.952 g/cm

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Osteoarthritis, SpineOsteoporosis, PostmenopausalSpinal FracturesSpondylarthritisBone DensityCohort StudiesFemaleHumansLumbar VertebraePostmenopauseRisk FactorsBone mineral densityFracture riskOsteoarthritis

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PMID38347047
PMCPMC10861596
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