Table 2.

Studies on prevalent morphometric vertebral fractures in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus

Authors	Year of publication	Country	Number of patients	Mean age (years)	Percentage with ≥1 vertebral fracture	Risk factors
Bultink et al4	2005	The Netherlands	90	41	20	Intravenous methylprednisolone Male gender
Borba et al18	2005	Brazil	70	32	21.4	Low BMD →number of fractures
Mendoza-Pinto et al19	2009	Mexico	210	43	26.1	Age Low hip BMD
Li et al20	2009	Hong Kong	152	48	20.4	Age High BMI Low spine BMD
Almehed et al21	2010	Sweden	150	47	29	Age Low hip BMD
Garcia-Carrasco et al22	2011	Mexico	140	43	24.8	NA
Furukawa et al23	2013	Japan	52	45	50	Previous fractures
Zhu et al8	2014	Hong Kong	127	47	18.1	NA

BMD, bone mineral density; BMI, body mass index; IV, intravenous; NA, not assessed.