Implications of historical height loss for prevalent vertebral fracture, spinal osteoarthritis, and gastroesophageal reflux disease.

ABSTRACT: We recently uncovered an association between spinal osteoarthritis and height loss that was independent of incident vertebral fracture. However, the optimal cut-off value of historical height loss (HHL) for discriminating spinal osteoarthritis has not been reported. This cross-sectional study aimed to evaluate the implications of HHL for prevalent vertebral fracture, spinal osteoarthritis, and other co-morbidities in postmenopausal women from the Nagano Cohort Study. In total, 942 Japanese postmenopausal outpatients (mean age: 66.7 years) were investigated. HHL was estimated by arm span - body height difference. Multiple logistic regression analysis revealed significant independent associations of HHL with prevalent vertebral fracture (odds ratio [OR] 1.89; 95% confidence interval [CI] 1.5

SUBMITTER: Nakano M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7643061 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature