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Prävalenz der vertebralen Wirbelkörperdeformationen bei Frauen und Männern in Deutschland

Prevalence of vertebral deformities in females and males in Germany

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□Background: The prevalence of radiographically defined vertebral deformities, as a marker of vertebral osteoporosis, was calculated in a population based cross-sectional survey in Germany.

□Method: Lateral spine X-rays were taken according to a standardized protocol and evaluated centrally. Three thousand nine hundred and eighty subjects (2064 male and 1916 female) aged 50 to 79 years, have been examined in 8 German centers.

□Results: Based on McCloskey’s method of deformity definition the age-standardized mean prevalence of vertebral deformities in Germany was 10.2% for males and 10.5% for females. Based on the definition by Melton/Eastell as significant higher prevalence was calculated (males 17.8%, females 18.7%). The prevalence increased with age in both sexes with a steeper increase in females. There was no difference in East and West German populations. There were substantial variations between the centers regarding the prevalence of deformities in females and males.

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  1. Abteilung Röntgendiagnostik, Osteoporsoeforschungsgruppe, Universitätsklinikum Benjamin Franklin, Freie Universität Berlin, Germany

    Dieter Felsenberg, Eberhardt Wieland, Christine Hammermeister, Gabriele Armbrecht & Wolfgang Gowin

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    Heiner Raspe

  3. Osteoporose- und Rheumaforschungsgruppe, Abt. Röntgendiagnostik, Klinik und Poliklinik für Radiologie, Nuklearmedizin und Strahlentherapie, Universitätsklinikum Benjamin Franklin, Freie Universität Berlin, Hindenburgdamm 30, D-12200, Berlin

    Dieter Felsenberg

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Felsenberg, D., Wieland, E., Hammermeister, C. et al. Prävalenz der vertebralen Wirbelkörperdeformationen bei Frauen und Männern in Deutschland. Med Klin 93 (Suppl 2), 31–34 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03041996

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