J Korean Fract Soc.  1998 Jul;11(3):629-633. 10.12671/jksf.1998.11.3.629.

Diffrences of Bone Mineral Density between Osteoporotic Group with or without Compression Fracture of the Spine

• Jung ES
• Lee YK
• Baek SI

• KMID: 1943980
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.12671/jksf.1998.11.3.629

Abstract

Osteoporosis is the metabolic bone disease and the bone is easily fracture by minimal stress due to decreased bone mass. It gets to attract more and more interest due to surprisingly high incidence and prevalence as well as its complications, fracture. We compared the bone mineral density between 45 osteoporotic patients group with compression fractures of the spine, 105 osteoporotic patients group without fractures and 45 normal control group using dual energy X-ray absorptiometry. We obtained following results. 1. There are statistically no significant differences between bone mineral density of the osteoporotic group with compression fracture of the spine and bone mineral density of the osteoporotic group without fractures. 2. Height and weight had statistically significant correlation with bone mineral density of the lumbar spine anteroposterior view, lateral view and Ward triangle. 3. Fracture threshold of the lumbar spine anteroposterior view, lateral wiew and Ward triangle are 0.884g/cm2, 0.694g/cm2 and 0.514g/cm2 according to 90percentile, 0.979g/cm2, 0.732g/cm2, 0.545g/cm2 according to 95percentile.

Keyword

Osteoporosis; compression fracture; Ward triangle; Spine; Height; Weight

MeSH Terms

Absorptiometry, Photon
Bone Density*
Bone Diseases, Metabolic
Fractures, Compression*
Humans
Incidence
Osteoporosis
Prevalence
Spine*