Association of vertebral endplate microstructure with bone strength in men and women

Epidemiological and biomechanical evidence indicates that the risk of vertebral fracture differs between men and women, and that vertebral fracture frequently involves failure of the endplate region. The goal of this study was to compare the bone microstructure of the endplate region—defined as the (bony) vertebral endplate and underlying subchondral trabecular bone—between sexes and to determine whether any such sex differences are associated...