Lumbar disc degeneration was not related to spine and hip bone mineral densities in Chinese: facet joint osteoarthritis may confound the association - Pan, Jianjiang; Lu, Xuan; Yang, Ge; Han, Yongmei; Tong, Xiang; Wang, Yue (Archives of osteoporosis, 2017)
Keywords: Absorptiometry, Photon - methods; Adult; Aged; Bone Density; China - epidemiology; Endocrinology; Female; Humans; Intervertebral Disc - diagnostic imaging; Intervertebral Disc - pathology; Intervertebral Disc Degeneration - diagnosis; Intervertebral Disc Degeneration - epidemiology; Intervertebral Disc Degeneration - pathology; Lumbar Vertebrae - diagnostic imaging; Lumbar Vertebrae - pathology; Magnetic Resonance Imaging - methods; Male; Medicine; Medicine & Public Health; Middle Aged; Original Article; Orthopedics; Osteoarthritis - diagnosis; Osteoarthritis - epidemiology; Osteoarthritis - pathology; Pelvic Bones - diagnostic imaging; Pelvic Bones - pathology; Radiography - methods; Regression Analysis; Zygapophyseal Joint - diagnostic imaging; Zygapophyseal Joint - pathology; Facet joint osteoarthritis; Bone mineral density; Lumbar spine; Disc degeneration