Bone density and strength from thoracic and lumbar CT scans both predict incident vertebral fractures independently of fracture location.
Fjola JohannesdottirB T AllaireD L KopperdahlTony KeavenyS SigurdssonMiriam A BredellaDennis E AndersonElizabeth J SamelsonDouglas P KielVilmundur G GudnasonMary L BouxseinPublished in: Osteoporosis international : a journal established as result of cooperation between the European Foundation for Osteoporosis and the National Osteoporosis Foundation of the USA (2020)
These findings indicated that like those from the lumbar spine, CT-based bone density and strength measurements from the thoracic spine may be useful for identifying individuals at high risk for vertebral fracture.