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SUBMITTER: van Dort MJ
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6946934 | biostudies-literature | 2019 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
van Dort Mayke J MJ Driessen Johanna Hm JH Romme Elisabeth Apm EA Geusens Piet P Willems Paul C PC Smeenk Frank Wjm FW Wouters Emiel Fm EF van den Bergh Joop Pw JP
Journal of bone and mineral research : the official journal of the American Society for Bone and Mineral Research 20190227 5
Greater kyphosis angles lead to increased loading on vertebral bodies in computational models. However, results about the relationship between severity of kyphosis and incident vertebral fracture (VF) risk have been conflicting. Therefore, the aim of this study was to evaluate associations between 1) prevalent VFs and severity of kyphosis, and 2) severity of kyphosis and incident VF risk in smokers with or without chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Former and current smokers with or w ...[more]