Association of Continuous Vertebral Bone Bridges and Bone Mineral Density with the Fracture Risk in Patients with Diffuse Idiopathic Skeletal Hyperostosis
- Author:
Mitsuru FURUKAWA
1
;
Mitsuru FURUKAWA
;
Kunimasa OKUYAMA
;
Kunimasa OKUYAMA
;
Ken NINOMIYA
;
Ken NINOMIYA
;
Yoshiyuki YATO
;
Yoshiyuki YATO
;
Takeshi MIYAMOTO
;
Takeshi MIYAMOTO
;
Masaya NAKAMURA
;
Masaya NAKAMURA
;
Morio MATSUMOTO
;
Morio MATSUMOTO
Author Information
- Publication Type:Clinical Study
- From:Asian Spine Journal 2022;16(1):75-81
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
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Abstract:
Methods:We examined the computed tomography scans from the thoracic vertebra to the sacrum used to diagnose DISH in 140 patients (98 men and 42 women; average age, 78.6 years). We compared patients who did (n=52) and did not have (n=88) fractures at the continuous vertebral bodies fused by bone bridges. The relationship between the vertebral fractures and the maximum number of vertebrae that are bony cross-linked with contiguous adjacent vertebrae (max VB) from the thoracic vertebra to the sacrum or from the lumbar vertebra to the sacrum and proximal femur BMD were analyzed using a logistic regression model.
Results:We found that after adjusting for the confounding factors, higher max VB, both from the thoracic vertebrae to the sacrum and the lumbar vertebrae to the sacrum, was associated with a higher risk of vertebral fractures. This difference was statistically significant. The risk was higher when only the lumbar vertebrae to the sacrum was considered (thoracic vertebrae to the sacrum: odds ratio, 1.21; p<0.05; lumbar vertebrae to the sacrum: odds ratio, 2.78; p<0.01). Moreover, low proximal femur BMD in DISH patients raises the fracture risk (odds ratio, 0.47; p<0.01).
Conclusions:Many continuous vertebral bone bridges, especially those that extend to the lumbar spine and low proximal femur BMD, are risk factors for fracture in DISH patients.
