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AIM OF THE STUDY:To establish the prevalence of vertebral fractures according to age groups, sex and vertebral level in a sample of a Croatian urban population aged > or =50. We also tried to establish how many people had been diagnosed with osteoporosis by their family physician. PARTICIPANTS AND METHODS:Lateral thoracic and lumbar spinal radiographs were obtained in 425 ambulatory people (156 men and 269 women) aged > or =50 and living in the community as a random sample of the City of Zagreb (Croatia) population. An interviewer-administered questionnaire was used to obtain information on prior traumatic vertebral fractures and whether the person had been diagnosed with osteoporosis. Vertebral fractures in the population sample were defined using the morphometric method proposed by McCloskey et al., and normal values of the ratios of dimensions in nonfractured vertebrae with the iterative algorithm described by Melton et al. RESULTS:The prevalence of individuals with vertebral fractures was 11.8% (15.8% of men and 9.7% of women), ranking Zagreb mid-scale among other European cities. The prevalence of individuals with vertebral fractures rose with age. Sixty-nine (1.24%) of 5525 analysed vertebrae had been fractured. The most common fractures were those of lower thoracic and upper lumbar vertebrae. The elderly tend to sustain multiple fractures. Forty-one (9.6%) people had been previously diagnosed as having osteoporosis. Extrapolation to the Croatian population implies that approximately 90,000 men and 77,000 women aged > or =50 have vertebral fractures. CONCLUSION:Vertebral osteoporotic fractures are common in the Croatian population aged > or =50; however, awareness of osteoporosis appears to be low.
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Wien Klin Wochenschrjournal_title
Wiener klinische Wochenschriftauthors
Grazio S,Korsić M,Jajić Idoi
10.1007/s00508-004-0292-9subject
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2005-01-01 00:00:00pages
42-7issue
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0043-5325issn
1613-7671journal_volume
117pub_type
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journal_title：Wiener klinische Wochenschrift
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
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更新日期：2000-03-10 00:00:00
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journal_title：Wiener klinische Wochenschrift
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更新日期：1977-10-28 00:00:00
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journal_title：Wiener klinische Wochenschrift
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1007/s00508-005-0477-x
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journal_title：Wiener klinische Wochenschrift
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journal_title：Wiener klinische Wochenschrift
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journal_title：Wiener klinische Wochenschrift
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
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journal_title：Wiener klinische Wochenschrift
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doi：10.1007/s00508-006-0698-7
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journal_title：Wiener klinische Wochenschrift
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更新日期：1999-10-29 00:00:00
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journal_title：Wiener klinische Wochenschrift
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更新日期：1989-09-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Wiener klinische Wochenschrift
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更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Wiener klinische Wochenschrift
pub_type： 杂志文章,已发布勘误
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journal_title：Wiener klinische Wochenschrift
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：1976-07-16 00:00:00
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journal_title：Wiener klinische Wochenschrift
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1007/s00508-014-0594-5
更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Wiener klinische Wochenschrift
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1007/s00508-010-1353-x
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更新日期：1978-04-14 00:00:00
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journal_title：Wiener klinische Wochenschrift
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1007/s00508-020-01612-1
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pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1007/s00508-017-1259-y
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journal_title：Wiener klinische Wochenschrift
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更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Wiener klinische Wochenschrift
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1007/s00508-012-0190-5
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journal_title：Wiener klinische Wochenschrift
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journal_title：Wiener klinische Wochenschrift
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：1976-10-29 00:00:00
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journal_title：Wiener klinische Wochenschrift
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更新日期：1990-10-26 00:00:00
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journal_title：Wiener klinische Wochenschrift
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更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Wiener klinische Wochenschrift
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更新日期：1998-09-18 00:00:00
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journal_title：Wiener klinische Wochenschrift
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journal_title：Wiener klinische Wochenschrift
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
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更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00
