[HTML][HTML] The role of genetic and epigenetic factors in determining the risk of spinal fragility fractures: new insights in the management of spinal osteoporosis

V Himič, N Syrmos, GKI Ligarotti, S Kato… - … Imaging in Medicine …, 2023 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Osteoporosis predisposes patients to spinal fragility fractures. Imaging plays a key role in the
diagnosis and prognostication of these osteoporotic vertebral fractures (OVF). However, the …

Revision of the 1994 World Health Organization T-score definition of osteoporosis for use in older East Asian women and men to reconcile it with their lifetime risk of …

YXJ Wáng, JF Griffith, GM Blake, D Diacinti, BH Xiao… - Skeletal Radiology, 2024 - Springer
The 1994 WHO criterion of a T-score≤-2.5 for densitometric osteoporosis was chosen
because it results in a prevalence commensurate with the observed lifetime risk of fragility …

[HTML][HTML] Estimations of bone mineral density defined osteoporosis prevalence and cutpoint T-score for defining osteoporosis among older Chinese population: a …

YXJ Wáng, BH Xiao - Quantitative Imaging in Medicine and …, 2022 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
This study estimated the bone mineral density (BMD) defined osteoporosis prevalence of
Chinese women and Chinese men aged≥ 50 years. The estimation was based on the 1994 …

Much lower prevalence and severity of radiographic osteoporotic vertebral fracture in elderly Hong Kong Chinese women than in age-matched Rome Caucasian …

YXJ Wáng, D Diacinti, JCS Leung, A Iannacone… - Archives of …, 2021 - Springer
Introduction Many earlier studies reported that East Asians and Caucasians have similar
radiographic osteoporotic vertebral fracture (OVF) prevalence. Since elderly Chinese's …

[HTML][HTML] 'Healthier Chinese spine': an update of osteoporotic fractures in men (MrOS) and in women (MsOS) Hong Kong spine radiograph studies

YXJ Wáng, M Deng, JF Griffith, AWL Kwok… - … Imaging in Medicine …, 2022 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Abstract For the MrOS (Hong Kong) and MsOS (Hong Kong) baseline (BL) studies,
community-dwelling 2,000 Chinese men (mean age: 72.3 years) and 2,000 Chinese women …

Preoperative vitamin D deficiency is associated with increased one-year mortality in Chinese geriatric hip fracture patients–a propensity score matching study

G Fu, R Wu, R Zhang, D Chen, H Li… - … Interventions in Aging, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Background Vitamin D deficiency is a common comorbidity in geriatric hip fracture patients.
However, there is still an ongoing debate regarding the influence of preoperative Vitamin D …

Race/ethnic differences in the prevalence of osteoporosis, falls and fractures: a cross-sectional analysis of the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging

SN Morin, C Berger, A Papaioannou… - Osteoporosis …, 2022 - Springer
Most of the published epidemiology on osteoporosis is derived from White populations; still
many countries have increasing ethno-culturally diverse populations, leading to gaps in the …

East Asians' T-scores for the diagnosis of osteoporosis should be calculated using ethnicity- and gender-specific BMD reference ranges: justifications

YXJ Wáng, GM Blake, BH Xiao, G Guglielmi, Y Su… - Skeletal Radiology, 2024 - Springer
The 2013 ISCD consensus recommended a Caucasian female reference database for T-
score calculation in men, which says “A uniform Caucasian (non-race adjusted) female …

[HTML][HTML] Fragility fracture prevalence among elderly Chinese is no more than half of that of elderly Caucasians

YXJ Wáng - Quantitative Imaging in Medicine and Surgery, 2022 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
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Surg 2022; 12 (2): 874-881| https://dx. doi. org/10.21037/qims-21-876 (n= 5,470) names …

Sarcopenia is an independent risk factor for subsequent osteoporotic vertebral fractures following percutaneous cement augmentation in elderly patients

S Lidar, K Salame, M Chua, M Khashan, D Ofir… - Journal of Clinical …, 2022 - mdpi.com
Introduction: Subsequent osteoporotic vertebral fractures (SOVF) are a serious complication
of osteoporosis that can lead to spinal deformity, chronic pain and disability. Several risk …