Associations Among Disease Conditions, Bone Mineral Density, and Prevalent Vertebral Deformities in Men and Women 50 Years of Age and Older: Cross‐Sectional Results From the Canadian Multicentre Osteoporosis Study*

This cross-sectional cohort study of 5566 women and 2187 men 50 years of age and older in the population-based Canadian Multicentre Osteoporosis Study was conducted to determine whether reported past diseases are associated with bone mineral density or prevalent vertebral deformities. We examined 12 self-reported disease conditions including diabetes mellitus (types 1 or 2), nephrolithiasis, hypertension, heart attack, rheumatoid arthritis, …