A Radiographic Study on the Associations of Age and Prevalence of Vertebral Fractures with Abdominal Aortic Calcification in Japanese Postmenopausal Women and Men

The purpose of the present study was to determine the associations of age and history of non- and low-traumatic fractures with the severity of abdominal aortic calcification in Japanese postmenopausal women and men. Four hundred and one Japanese persons (24 men and 377 postmenopausal women, mean age...

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Published in:Journal of Osteoporosis
Main Authors: Jun Iwamoto, Hideo Matsumoto, Tsuyoshi Takeda, Yoshihiro Sato, Mitsuyoshi Uzawa
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2010-01-01
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.4061/2010/748380