Influence of dietary calcium intake on quantitative and qualitative parameters of bone tissue in Polish adults

Autor: Elżbieta Skowrońska-Jóźwiak, Maciej Jaworski, Roman Lorenc, Andrzej Lewiński
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2016
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Zdroj: Annals of Agricultural and Environmental Medicine, Vol 23, Iss 3, Pp 495-501 (2016)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1232-1966
1898-2263
12321966
DOI: 10.5604/12321966.1219194
Popis: Introduction The objective of the study was to assess dietary calcium intake in the Polish population and its influence on selected parameters of bone tissue. Material and Methods 1,129 osteoporosis treatment–naive subjects, aged 20–80 years, randomly selected, were involved in the study. Bone status was established using densitometry of spine and hip and quantitative ultrasound of the calcaneus. Dietary calcium intake was calculated according to data gathered in a questionnaire. Results Median calcium intake was 746 mg; 72% of subjects had calcium intake below the recommended dose. Calcium intake correlated negatively with age (r = -0.15; p
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