Prevalent vertebral deformity independently increases incident vertebral fracture risk in middle-aged and elderly Japanese women: The Japanese Population-based Osteoporosis (JPOS) Cohort Study

摘要

Summary Prevalent vertebral deformity increases incident vertebral fracture risk according to studies focusing primarily on Caucasian elderly populations. We report a 3-fold increase in this risk in a population-based cohort of Japanese women after adjusting for subject propensity for having vertebral deformities. This relationship tended to be stronger in middle-aged women.