Height Loss, Kyphosis Indicators, Bone Mineral Density and Vertebral Fractures in Chinese Postmenopausal Women

BMD of the lumbar spine, left femoral neck, and total hip were measured using dual energy X-ray absorptiometry. The lumbar spine, left femoral neck, or total hip of T-score ≤-2.5 as the osteoporosis

VFs were assessed using lateral spine imaging from T4 to L4 on X-ray .A visual semi-quantitative method was used, with fractures defined as a vertebral Vertebral fractures should be diagnose if height ratio \<0.80 for the anterior/posterior or middle/posterior height ratio within a vertebra, or the posterior/posterior height ratio when compared to an adjacent vertebra