Determinants of osteoporotic thoracic vertebral fracture. Screening of 57,000 Finnish women and men.

A population sample of 27,000 Finnish women and 30,000 men was studied for the presence of a thoracic vertebral fracture. In both sexes, the prevalence of such fractures increased with age: after 40 years of age in the men and after 55 years of age in the women. The interaction of sex and age was si... View More