'Healthier Chinese spine': an update of osteoporotic fractures in men (MrOS) and in women (MsOS) Hong Kong spine radiograph studies.

For the MrOS (Hong Kong) and MsOS (Hong Kong) baseline (BL) studies, community-dwelling 2,000 Chinese men (mean age: 72.3 years) and 2,000 Chinese women (mean age: 72.5 years) were recruited from 2001 to 2003.

Elderly men have much lower vertebral fracture risk than elderly women even at advanced age: the MrOS and MsOS (Hong Kong) year 14 follow-up radiology results.

Unlabelled: MrOS MsOS (Hong Kong) studies year 14 follow-up shows for subjects without baseline osteoporotic vertebral deformity, women's incident vertebral fracture (VF) rate was twice that of men. For subjects with vertebral deformity of baseline ≥ 20% height loss, counting subject, women's incident VF rate was three times higher than that of men.

Introduction: For MrOS MsOS (Hong Kong) baseline (BL) studies, 2000 men and 2000 women ≥ 65 years were recruited during 2001 to 2003.

Prevalence of cervical spine degenerative changes in elderly population and its weak association with aging, neck pain, and osteoporosis.

Background: To investigate the prevalence of MRI degenerative findings of cervical spine in elderly Chinese males and females.

Methods: From a general population sample, cervical spine T2 weighted sagittal MR images were acquired in 272 males (mean age: 82.9±3.