Relationship of thoracic kyphosis and lumbar lordosis to bone mineral density in women

Summary The relationship between spinal curvature and bone mineral density (BMD) in women was examined. Significant relationships were observed between spinal curvature and BMD in both pre- and postmenopausal women. Excessive spinal curvature may be associated with low bone mass in premenopausal wom...

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Published in:Osteoporosis international 2013-08, Vol.24 (8), p.2269-2273
Main Authors: Pavlovic, A., Nichols, D. L., Sanborn, C. F., DiMarco, N. M.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Absorptiometry, Photon - methods
Adolescent
Adult
Bone density
Bone Density - physiology
Endocrinology
Female
Femur Neck - physiopathology
Humans
Kyphosis - complications
Kyphosis - pathology
Kyphosis - physiopathology
Longitudinal Studies
Lordosis - complications
Lordosis - pathology
Lordosis - physiopathology
Lumbar Vertebrae - pathology
Lumbar Vertebrae - physiopathology
Medicine
Medicine & Public Health
Menopause
Middle Aged
Minerals
Original Article
Orthopedics
Osteoporosis - etiology
Osteoporosis - physiopathology
Osteoporosis, Postmenopausal - etiology
Osteoporosis, Postmenopausal - physiopathology
Postmenopause - physiology
Premenopause - physiology
Rheumatology
Scoliosis
Thoracic Vertebrae - pathology
Womens health
Young Adult
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Summary:Summary The relationship between spinal curvature and bone mineral density (BMD) in women was examined. Significant relationships were observed between spinal curvature and BMD in both pre- and postmenopausal women. Excessive spinal curvature may be associated with low bone mass in premenopausal women. Introduction The purpose of this study was to examine the associations between spinal measurements of thoracic and lumbar curvatures and bone mineral density in pre- and postmenopausal women. Methods The data for this study were obtained from the Texas Woman’s University Pioneer Project. Female participants ( n  = 242; premenopausal n  = 104, postmenopausal n  = 138) between the ages of 18 and 60 years were evaluated on multiple health measures. Thoracic and lumbar curvatures were measured with a 24-in. (60 cm) flexicurve. Bone mineral density was assessed via dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (Lunar DPX IQ, version 4.6e). Pearson correlations and logistic regression analysis were used to examine the associations between the obtained spinal curvature measurements and bone mineral density. Significance was set at p  
ISSN:0937-941X
1433-2965
DOI:10.1007/s00198-013-2296-7