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Vol 72, No 3 (2021)
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A cross-sectional comparison of selected anthropometric, laboratory, and densitometric parameters in postmenopausal osteoporotic women with and without vertebral compression fractures

Piotr Sawicki1, Marek Tałałaj2, Katarzyna Życińska13, Wojciech S. Zgliczyński4, Waldemar Wierzba56
DOI: 10.5603/EP.a2021.0011
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Pubmed: 33619710
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Endokrynol Pol 2021;72(3):191-197.
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  1. Department of Rheumatology, Systemic Connective Tissue Diseases, and Rare Diseases, Central Clinical Hospital MSWiA, Warsaw, Poland
  2. Department of Geriatrics, Internal Medicine, and Metabolic Bone Diseases, Centre of Postgraduate Medical Education, Warsaw, Czerniakowska 231, 00-416 Warsaw, Poland
  3. Department of Family Medicine, Medical University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland
  4. School of Public Health, Centre of Postgraduate Medical Education, Warsaw, Poland
  5. Central Clinical Hospital MSWiA in Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland
  6. UHE Satellite Campus in Warsaw, University of Humanities and Economics in Łódź, Warsaw, Poland

open access

Vol 72, No 3 (2021)
Original Paper
Submitted: 2020-11-09
Accepted: 2021-01-21
Published online: 2021-02-02

Abstract

Introduction: Osteoporosis leads to an increased risk of vertebral compression fractures (VCFs). Most of them are spontaneous, which makes early diagnosis difficult. The aim of the study was to find parameters that distinguish osteoporotic women with and without vertebral compression fractures.

Material and methods: A total of 437 women with postmenopausal osteoporosis were enrolled to the study. Based on the results of densitometric vertebral fracture assessment, patients were divided into 2 groups: with (n = 193) and without (n = 244) VCFs. Then selected anthropometric, laboratory, and densitometric parameters as well as questionnaire data were compared.

Results: The following distinguishing factors were found among patients with VCFs in comparison to patients without such fractures: older age — 73.93 years vs. 69.63 years [p(1) < 0.001, p(2) < 0.001], shorter height — 1.56 m vs. 1.58 m [p(4) < 0.001], lower value of glomerular filtration rate (GFR) according to Cockcroft-Gault formula — 58.22 mL/min. vs. 66.25 mL/min. [p(1) < 0.025, p(2) = 0.002], lower peripheral blood haemoglobin and serum albumin concentration (OR = 1.24, 95% CI: 1.02–1.51, p(5) = 0.03; OR = 2.29, 95% CI: 1.09–4.80, p(5) = 0.03, respectively), and higher 10-year risk of major osteoporotic fracture (FRAX MOF) –12.01% vs. 9.69% [p(1) < 0.01, p(2) < 0.001] and hip fracture (FRAX HIP) — 3.85% vs. 2.55% [p(1) < 0.01, p(2) < 0.001]. In addition, among patients with VCFs a greater severity of back pain was found in the 11-grade scale of pain intensity — 6.12 vs. 4.29 [p(1) < 0.001, p(2) < 0.001, p(3) < 0.001]. The bone mineral content (BMC) and bone mineral density (BMD) of the hip were lower in patients with VCFs — 25.25 vs. 26.2 g and 0.72 g/cm2 vs. 0.75 g/cm2, respectively [p(4) = 0.04 and p(4) < 0.001, respectively].

Conclusions: Patients with VCFs were characterised by greater back pain intensity, higher fracture risk according to the FRAX calculator, and lower values of the following: GFR according to Cockcroft-Gault formula, peripheral blood haemoglobin and serum albumin concentration, and BMD of the hip. Further studies are required to validate the FRAX calculator to assess not only the risk of future fractures but also unrecognised VCFs. 

Abstract

Introduction: Osteoporosis leads to an increased risk of vertebral compression fractures (VCFs). Most of them are spontaneous, which makes early diagnosis difficult. The aim of the study was to find parameters that distinguish osteoporotic women with and without vertebral compression fractures.

Material and methods: A total of 437 women with postmenopausal osteoporosis were enrolled to the study. Based on the results of densitometric vertebral fracture assessment, patients were divided into 2 groups: with (n = 193) and without (n = 244) VCFs. Then selected anthropometric, laboratory, and densitometric parameters as well as questionnaire data were compared.

Results: The following distinguishing factors were found among patients with VCFs in comparison to patients without such fractures: older age — 73.93 years vs. 69.63 years [p(1) < 0.001, p(2) < 0.001], shorter height — 1.56 m vs. 1.58 m [p(4) < 0.001], lower value of glomerular filtration rate (GFR) according to Cockcroft-Gault formula — 58.22 mL/min. vs. 66.25 mL/min. [p(1) < 0.025, p(2) = 0.002], lower peripheral blood haemoglobin and serum albumin concentration (OR = 1.24, 95% CI: 1.02–1.51, p(5) = 0.03; OR = 2.29, 95% CI: 1.09–4.80, p(5) = 0.03, respectively), and higher 10-year risk of major osteoporotic fracture (FRAX MOF) –12.01% vs. 9.69% [p(1) < 0.01, p(2) < 0.001] and hip fracture (FRAX HIP) — 3.85% vs. 2.55% [p(1) < 0.01, p(2) < 0.001]. In addition, among patients with VCFs a greater severity of back pain was found in the 11-grade scale of pain intensity — 6.12 vs. 4.29 [p(1) < 0.001, p(2) < 0.001, p(3) < 0.001]. The bone mineral content (BMC) and bone mineral density (BMD) of the hip were lower in patients with VCFs — 25.25 vs. 26.2 g and 0.72 g/cm2 vs. 0.75 g/cm2, respectively [p(4) = 0.04 and p(4) < 0.001, respectively].

Conclusions: Patients with VCFs were characterised by greater back pain intensity, higher fracture risk according to the FRAX calculator, and lower values of the following: GFR according to Cockcroft-Gault formula, peripheral blood haemoglobin and serum albumin concentration, and BMD of the hip. Further studies are required to validate the FRAX calculator to assess not only the risk of future fractures but also unrecognised VCFs. 

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 osteoporosis; spinal fractures; back pain; cross-sectional studies

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A cross-sectional comparison of selected anthropometric, laboratory, and densitometric parameters in postmenopausal osteoporotic women with and without vertebral compression fractures

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Endokrynologia Polska

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Vol 72, No 3 (2021)

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191-197

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2021-02-02

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DOI

10.5603/EP.a2021.0011

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33619710

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Endokrynol Pol 2021;72(3):191-197.

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 osteoporosis
spinal fractures
back pain
cross-sectional studies

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Piotr Sawicki
Marek Tałałaj
Katarzyna Życińska
Wojciech S. Zgliczyński
Waldemar Wierzba

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