Vertebral fractures are increased in rheumatoid arthritis despite recent therapeutic advances: a case-control study.
Nuria GuanabensJ M OlmosJ L HernándezD CerdàC Hidalgo CallejaJ A Martinez LópezL ArboleyaF J Aguilar Del ReyS Martinez PardoI Ros VilamajóX Suris ArmanguéD GradosC Beltrán AuderaE Suero-RosarioI Gómez GraciaA Salmoral ChamizoI Martín-EsteveH FlorezA NaranjoS CastañedaS Ojeda BrunoS García CarazoA García VadilloL López VivesÀ Martínez-FerrerH Borrell PañosP Aguado AcínR Castellanos-MoreiraC TebéC Gómez-Vaqueronull nullPublished in: Osteoporosis international : a journal established as result of cooperation between the European Foundation for Osteoporosis and the National Osteoporosis Foundation of the USA (2021)
The risk of vertebral fracture in RA is still high in recent years, when compared with the general population. The key determinants of fracture risk are age, glucocorticoids and falls. Patients with vertebral fractures have a more severe RA.