Strong relationship between dyslipidemia and the ectopic ossification of the spinal ligaments

Abstract Obesity and metabolic disturbances are prevalent in ossification of the posterior longitudinal ligament (OPLL) and ossification of the ligamentum flavum (OLF); however, the involvement of dyslipidemia (DL) in OPLL/OLF remains uncertain. We investigated the association between dyslipidemia a...

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Main Authors: Tsutomu Endo, Masahiko Takahata, Ryo Fujita, Yoshinao Koike, Ryota Suzuki, Yuichi Hasegawa, Toshifumi Murakami, Misaki Ishii, Katsuhisa Yamada, Hideki Sudo, Norimasa Iwasaki
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2022-12-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-27136-4