OBJECTIVE: To compare the characteristics, causes and relationship to @entity170 between single and multi-level @entity3814 in elders. METHODS: A total of 126 subjects (147 vertebrae) with @entity615 between September 2010 and December 2012 were diagnosed as @entity174 through magnetic resonance imaging. And single and multi-level @entity3814 were evaluated on the basis of age, gender, @entity79 ( @entity79 ), level of affected vertebrae and cause of injury. RESULTS: The subjects with multi-level @entity174 were much older and there were more females. Among 39 multi-level fractures, the sites were thoracolumbar junction (n = 18, 46.2%) and lumbar (n = 11, 28.2%). The causes were @entity189 (n = 9, 23.1%) and mild @entity130 (n = 30, 76.9%). And 16 (41.1%) subjects were of mixed type. The mean @entity79 , as measured by dual-emission X-ray absorptiometry, was 0.51 and 0.68 g/cm(3) for multi and single-level @entity174 respectively. In subjects with single-level @entity174 , 43 (49.4%) had @entity174 in thoracolumbar junction and 26 (29.9%) in lumbar vertebrae. The causes were @entity189 (n = 2, 2.1%) and high-energy @entity130 (n = 73, 83.7%). And 30 (34.5%) subjects suffered wedge @entity3814 . CONCLUSION: The @entity1 with multi-level @entity174 are often older females with a lower @entity79 , a mixed @entity189 . And their causes are mild outer forces. Yet those with single-level @entity174 result from high-energy @entity130 and belong to the compression type.

[Comparison of single versus and multi-level XXXX in elders].

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['patients'] @entity174 :: ('MESH:D050723', 'Disease') :: ['vertebral fractures', 'vertebral fracture'] @entity170 :: ('MESH:D010024', 'Disease') :: ['osteoporosis'] @entity3814 :: ('MESH:D050815', 'Disease') :: ['vertebral compression fractures', 'compression fractures'] @entity189 :: ('MESH:D002277', 'Disease') :: ['type and vertebral metastatic carcinoma', 'metastatic carcinoma'] @entity79 :: ('MESH:D001847', 'Disease') :: ['bone mineral density', 'BMD'] @entity615 :: ('MESH:D001416', 'Disease') :: ['acute back pain'] @entity130 :: ('MESH:D014947', 'Disease') :: ['trauma']
@entity3814 :: (MESH:D050815,Disease) :: ['vertebral compression fractures']
