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Identification of asymptomatic frailty vertebral fractures in post-menopausal women.

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PURPOSE:Vertebral fractures are associated with persistent pain, disability and mortality. However, around two thirds of women with vertebral fractures are unaware of them. We aimed to analyze which factors could mostly be associated to the presence of vertebral fractures in post-menopausal women, and evaluate the effectiveness of current screening criteria for the detection of vertebral fractures in an outpatient setting. METHODS:We evaluated 1132 post-menopausal women referred to the osteoporosis outpatient clinic of the Geriatrics Department of Padova. For each participant we assessed: anthropometric data, femoral and lumbar bone mineral density (BMD), dorso-lumbar X-rays, bone metabolism markers. Current recommendations for X-ray examinations by SIOMMMS (Società Italiana di Osteoporosi, Metabolismo Minerale e Malattie dello Scheletro) and ISCD (International Society of Clinical Densitometry) versus routine X-ray examinations were considered, and fracture risk was assessed through the derived FRAX (DeFRA) tool. RESULTS:Of the women included in our study, 28% presented vertebral fractures, most of these previously unknown (82.8%). Lumbar BMD did not differ between patients with and without vertebral fractures. According to SIOMMMS guidelines, 50% of patients <60 years with unknown vertebral fractures would have been excluded from spinal X-ray examination. According to ISCD recommendations, the number of patients excluded reached 94.6% in the <60 age-group and 84.9% in the 60-70 age-group. The under-identification of vertebral fractures led to the 10-year risk of fractures computed by DeFRA being underestimated by around 15%. CONCLUSIONS:BMD, particularly in the lumbar site, may not properly predict the presence of vertebral fractures in post-menopausal women. Improvement of the current recommendations for spinal X-ray examination may lead to early identification and better management of patients with vertebral fractures.

journal_name

Bone

journal_title

Bone

authors

Pizzato S,Trevisan C,Lucato P,Girotti G,Mazzochin M,Zanforlini BM,Bano G,Piovesan F,Bertocco A,Zoccarato F,Dianin M,Manzato E,Sergi G

doi

10.1016/j.bone.2018.05.007

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2018-08-01 00:00:00

pages

89-94

eissn

8756-3282

issn

1873-2763

pii

S8756-3282(18)30186-8

journal_volume

113

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Identification of asymptomatic frailty vertebral fractures in post-menopausal women.