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Table 2 Characteristics of vertebral fractures identified on chest radiographs

From: Underdiagnosis and underreporting of vertebral fractures on chest radiographs in men aged over 50 years or postmenopausal women with and without type 2 diabetes mellitus: a retrospective cohort study

 

Type 2 diabetes mellitus

Non-diabetic

Number of patients

Moderate vertebral fracture

Severe vertebral fracture

Number of patients

Moderate vertebral fracture

Severe vertebral fracture

Single fracture

119

105

14

101

99

2

Two or more fractures

68

58

10

32

30

2

Total

187

163

24

133

129

4