Abstract
Objective To evaluate the relationship between vertebral osteoporotic fracture and bone miniral density(BMD) of lumbar spine in postmenopausal women.Methods 120 postmenopausal women with vertebral osteoporotic fractures and the other 120 postmenopausal women without vertebral fractures as control were included.All the vertebral fractures were confirmed by posterior-anterior and lateral spine radiographs.The age,height and body weight were not significantly different between fracture group and control group.The BMD and T-score at the lumbar spine(L_2-4) measured by dual energy X-ray absorptiometry in both groups.Results BMD and T-score of fracture group were significantly lower than those in the control group(P≤0.05).Conclusions Lower BMD of the lumbar vertebrae is closely connected to vertebral osteoporotic fracture,meanwhile,the decrease of hip BMD can also suggested the risk of fracture.It is necessary to pay more attention to the change of BMD and the prevention of vertebral fracture in postmenopausal osteoporotic women.
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