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Trabecular spacing in post‐menspausal Australian women with and without vertebral fractures
Author(s) -
Moore R. J.,
Durbridge T. C.,
McNcil P. J.,
Parkinson I. H.,
Need A. G.,
VerRoberts B.
Publication year - 1992
Publication title -
australian and new zealand journal of medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.596
H-Index - 70
eISSN - 1445-5994
pISSN - 0004-8291
DOI - 10.1111/j.1445-5994.1992.tb02124.x
Subject(s) - medicine , iliac crest , osteoporosis , trabecular bone , osteoid , trabecular bone score , osteomalacia , post menopausal , iliac bone , surgery , dentistry , urology , menopause , anatomy , bone density , quantitative computed tomography
Histomorphometric measurements were made from iliac crest biopsies of 32 women with vertebral fractures and 37 women without fracture. All were post‐menopausal Australian women who had presented with back pain to a hospital out‐patient endocrinology clinic Bone from the fracture cases was characterised by loss of individual trabccular elements, with the remaining trabeculac being spaced further apart than those in the non‐fracture women ( p <0.0001). This resulted in a significant decrease in trabecular bone volume ( p <0.01). In addition osteoid surface was reduced ( p <0.01). Dynamic parameters of bone turnover were not significantly different between the two groups. These data should be useful for the assessment of iliac bone histomorphometry in Australian post‐menopausal women suspected of having osteoporosis. (Aust NZ J Med 1992; 22: 269–273.)