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Table 1 Patient characteristics

From: Association between non-traumatic vertebral fractures and adjacent discs degeneration: a cross-sectional study and literature review

Group

Subjects (males/females)

Average age (years)*

VF-negative

50 (25/25)

60.6 (23–87)

VF-positive

48 (25/23)

75.4 (56–90)

Total

98 (50/48)

68.2 (23–90)

  1. VF Vertebral fracture. The numbar in the parenthesis in the average age column indicates the age range of subjects. *P < 0.01 between VF-negative and VF-positive groups
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BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders

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