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American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, Vol 54, 927-929, Copyright © 1991 by The American Society for Clinical Nutrition, Inc

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Spinal bone density and calcium intake in healthy postmenopausal women

MB Andon, KT Smith, M Bracker, D Sartoris, P Saltman and L Strause
Procter & Gamble Company, Miami Valley Laboratories, Cincinnati, OH 45239.

Dietary calcium intake and bone mineral density (BMD) of the lumbar spine (L2-L4) were determined in 131 healthy free-living postmenopausal women (aged 64.7 +/- 7.6 y, means +/- SD). The calcium consumption for the total population was 606 +/- 302 mg/d. Subjects consuming less than the population mean of dietary calcium had significantly lower BMDs than did subjects with intakes above the mean (P less than 0.009); these two groups did not differ in basic demographic characteristics. Additional analyses using a stepwise univariate regression model demonstrated that BMD was significantly associated with body weight (P less than 0.001) and dietary calcium intake (P less than 0.02). These data support the hypothesis that dietary calcium intake is a determinant of skeletal health in postmenopausal women.


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