• Important risk factors and attributable risk of vertebral fractures in the population-based Tromsø study 

      Waterloo, Svanhild Haugnes; Ngyen, T; Ahmed, Luai A.; Center, J; Morseth, Bente; Ngyen, ND; Eisman, John A.; Søgaard, Anne Johanne; Emaus, Nina (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2012)
      Vertebral fractures, the most common type of osteoporotic fractures, are associated with increased risk of subsequent fracture, morbidity, and mortality. The aim of this study was to examine the contribution of important risk factors to the variability in vertebral fracture risk. Vertebral fracture was ascertained by VFA method (DXA, GE Lunar Prodigy) in 2887 men and women, aged between 38 and 87 ...