UNLABELLED: The spinal deformity index is a convenient tool to quantify the number and the severity of prevalent vertebral fractures. It is a predictor of the risk of sustaining incident vertebral fracture. This quantification must be taken into account to improve management of patients. INTRODUCTION: Prevalent fractures are strong risk factors for subsequent fractures. METHODS: The study subjects were women from the placebo groups of two studies of strontium ranelate in postmenopausal osteoporosis (N = 723 and 637 patients, respectively). Three lateral radiographs of the spine were obtained at baseline and annually over 3 years, according to standardized procedures. The semiquantitative visual assessment of each vertebra from T4 to L4 was performed by the same reader throughout the study. A spinal deformity index (SDI) was calculated by summing for each patient the grade of each vertebra from T4 to L4. RESULTS: There was a linear relationship between baseline SDI and the 3-year incidence of vertebral fracture (adjusted R(2) = 0.76). The 3-year incidence of vertebral fractures was different among the tertiles of baseline SDI: 17.3 +/- 3.6%, 25.4 +/- 2.6%, and 47.6 +/- 3.1% from the lowest to the highest, respectively. There was no relationship between SDI and non-vertebral fractures incidence. CONCLUSION: SDI is a good predictor of incident vertebral fractures. Patients with highest SDI should receive highest priority to treatment.
UNLABELLED: The spinal deformity index is a convenient tool to quantify the number and the severity of prevalent vertebral fractures. It is a predictor of the risk of sustaining incident vertebral fracture. This quantification must be taken into account to improve management of patients. INTRODUCTION: Prevalent fractures are strong risk factors for subsequent fractures. METHODS: The study subjects were women from the placebo groups of two studies of strontium ranelate in postmenopausal osteoporosis (N = 723 and 637 patients, respectively). Three lateral radiographs of the spine were obtained at baseline and annually over 3 years, according to standardized procedures. The semiquantitative visual assessment of each vertebra from T4 to L4 was performed by the same reader throughout the study. A spinal deformity index (SDI) was calculated by summing for each patient the grade of each vertebra from T4 to L4. RESULTS: There was a linear relationship between baseline SDI and the 3-year incidence of vertebral fracture (adjusted R(2) = 0.76). The 3-year incidence of vertebral fractures was different among the tertiles of baseline SDI: 17.3 +/- 3.6%, 25.4 +/- 2.6%, and 47.6 +/- 3.1% from the lowest to the highest, respectively. There was no relationship between SDI and non-vertebral fractures incidence. CONCLUSION:SDI is a good predictor of incident vertebral fractures. Patients with highest SDI should receive highest priority to treatment.
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