Diffuse Idiopathic Skeletal Hyperostosis Prevalence, Characteristics, and Associated Comorbidities: A Cross-Sectional Study of 1815 Whole Spine CT Scans

Abstract

This study reports a prevalence rate of 19.1% for DISH, with the highest prevalence among individuals above 80 years of age (45.5%). DISH has a higher propensity to affect the right anterior aspect of the vertebral body in the thoracic spine and is strongly associated with obesity, DM, IHD, and AC.