The association of microvascular disease and endothelial dysfunction with vertebral trabecular bone mineral density : The MESA study.
Joshua I BarzilayPetra BuzkovaSuzette J BielinskiMary Frances CotchBryan KestenbaumThomas R AustinLaura CarboneKenneth J MukamalMatthew J BudoffPublished in: Osteoporosis international : a journal established as result of cooperation between the European Foundation for Osteoporosis and the National Osteoporosis Foundation of the USA (2024)
We conclude that there is little evidence to connect thoracic spine trabecular BMD to microvascular disorders or to endothelial dysfunction among multi-ethnic middle-aged and older adults. Other factors beyond trabecular BMD (e.g., bone quality or predisposition to falling) may be responsible for the associations of microvascular disease with osteoporotic fractures.