Statements in which the resource exists as a subject.
PredicateObject
rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
1992-6-19
pubmed:abstractText
A population sample of 27,000 Finnish women and 30,000 men was studied for the presence of a thoracic vertebral fracture. In both sexes, the prevalence of such fractures increased with age: after 40 years of age in the men and after 55 years of age in the women. The interaction of sex and age was significant, and even when the other determinants were adjusted for. In the women aged 35-44, 55-64, and 75 years or more, the prevalence per 1,000 was respectively 2.4, 5.1, and 29, and in the men in the corresponding age groups 5.2, 15, and 28. A previous history of trauma was a fracture determinant in both sexes. In the men, but not in the women, there was an increased risk of fracture when there was a history of tuberculosis and/or peptic ulcer, and in current smokers. Thus, contrary to observations on extremity fractures, the men had an increased risk of sustaining a thoracic vertebral fracture compared with the women. This may reflect differences in the development of osteoporosis in the axial skeleton versus the appendicular skeleton.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Apr
pubmed:issn
0001-6470
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
63
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
198-202
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1992
pubmed:articleTitle
Determinants of osteoporotic thoracic vertebral fracture. Screening of 57,000 Finnish women and men.
pubmed:affiliation
Orthopedic Hospital of the Invalid Foundation, Helsinki, Finland.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't