Why do geriatric outpatients have so many moderate and severe vertebral fractures? Exploring prevalence and risk factors

Age and Ageing

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 200-206

  van der Jagt Willems, Hanna C ^a   van Hengel, Marike ^b   Vis, Marijn ^c   van munster, Barbara C ^d,e   van campen, Jos P C M ^a   Tulner, Linda R ^a   Lems, Willem F ^c  

^a SLOTERVAART HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^b Department of Geriatrics ^*  (Netherlands)

^c VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^e GELRE HOSPITALS   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Elderly; Lumbar spine X ray; Osteoporosis; Prevalence; Risk factors; Vertebral fractures

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; PREDNISONE;

AGED; ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FALLING; FEMALE; GERIATRICIAN; GERIATRICS; HUMAN; INJURY SEVERITY; LUMBAR SPINE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTPATIENT; PATIENT MOBILITY; PHYSICIAN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGIST; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TRAINING; VERTEBRA FRACTURE;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; GERIATRICS; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NETHERLANDS; ODDS RATIO; OUTPATIENT CLINICS, HOSPITAL; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SPINAL FRACTURES;

EID: 84857213929     PISSN: 00020729     EISSN: 14682834     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ageing/afr174     Document Type: Article

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