Abstract:
:The aim of this study was to evaluate the relationship between historical height loss (HHL) and prevalent vertebral fractures (VF) in postmenopausal Moroccan women and to estimate its accuracy as a clinical test for detecting VF. Two hundred eighty-eight postmenopausal women were studied. All subjects had bone density measurements and spinal radiographs. Vertebral bodies (T4-L4) were graded using the semi-quantitative method of Genant. HHL was calculated as the difference between a patient's tallest recalled height and the current measured height. The mean age was 58.4 +/- 7.8 years. Thirty-one percent of patients were osteoporotic, and 46.5% had VF. Patients with VF had lost more height than those without VF (median, 2.0 cm (0.26-3.3) vs 0.96 cm (0.33-2.4), p < 0.05). In univariate analysis, HHL was positively correlated to both number and grade of prevalent VF (p < 0.05). The area under the receiver operating characteristics curve for the ability of HHL to detect VF was 0.60 (95% confidence interval (CI), 0.52, 0.69). Our HHL threshold for detecting VF was >1.5 cm, its sensitivity was 58%, and its specificity was 61%. The positive predictive value was 53%, and the negative predictive value was 65%. With HHL >1.5 cm, positive likelihood ratio was 1.49 with 95% CI, 1.07, 2.06. Our results demonstrate significant positive associations between HHL, VF, number of VF, and grade of VF. However, this relationship is not clinically pertinent. Consequently, HHL cannot be used as a reliable clinical test for detecting VF in postmenopausal Moroccan women.
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Clin Rheumatoljournal_title
Clinical rheumatologyauthors
Bennani L,Allali F,Rostom S,Hmamouchi I,Khazzani H,El Mansouri L,Ichchou L,Abourazzak FZ,Abouqal R,Hajjaj-Hassouni Ndoi
10.1007/s10067-009-1236-6subject
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2009-11-01 00:00:00pages
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0770-3198issn
1434-9949journal_volume
28pub_type
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