Guanabens N, et al. - This study was undertaken to investigate the prevalence and risk factors of vertebral fractures in postmenopausal women with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and comparing it with that of the general population. Researchers enrolled 323 postmenopausal women diagnosed with RA from 19 Spanish Rheumatology Departments, randomly selected and recruited in 2018. They obtained lateral radiographs of the thoracic and lumbar spine to assess morphometric vertebral fractures and the spinal deformity index. The data demonstrated that, in RA, the risk of vertebral fracture is still high in recent years, when compared with the general population. Glucocorticoids and falls were the key determinants of fracture risk. The outcomes suggested that individuals with vertebral fractures have more severe RA.