Türk Osteoporoz Dergisi (Sep 2002)
Risk Factors in Osteporotic Vertebral Fractures
Abstract
The aim of this study was to investigate the risk factors for osteoporotic vertebral fractures in postmenopausal women. 44 postmenopausal women whose L 2-L4 T scores were £ -2.5 SD with a mean age of 66.38+ 6.47 years were included in this study. Age, postmenopausal years, body mass index, milk consumption (before and after age 50), family history of osteoporosis and osteoporotic fracture, patient’s previous fracture history, tobacco use, number of pregnancies, surgical menopause were questioned in all patients. DEXA was used to evaluate bone mineral density . Kleerekoper method was used to evaluate the fractures between T4 and L5 vertebra on lateral thoracal and lumbar X rays. When 25 patient with vertebral fractures compared with 19 patients without fracture ,only patient’s age showed statistically significant difference between groups ( p=0.035). Of the 5 risk factors chosen (age, L2-L4 BMD, L2-L4 T score, body weight <57 kg, milk consumption before age 50) only patient’s age was found to be statistically important in estimating vertebral fracture risk (p=0.032).There was statistically significant positive correlation between vertebral deformity score (evaluated according to Kleerekoper method) and patient’s age and postmenopausal years (respectively p=0.001, p=0.006).
