Relationship between bone loss and dietary calcium intake

Correlation between annual percentage bone loss and dietary calcium intake in post menopausal women

Status

Recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

ANZCTR

Registry ID

ACTRN12610001040055

Enrollment

200

Registered

2010-11-25

Start date

2009-10-01

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2020-01-13

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Conditions

None listed

Brief summary

Bone loss occurs at an accelerated rate in women after the menopause. This has been attributed to reduced calcium absorption in the gut and increase excretion of calcium in the urine. This bone loss may be greater in those on low calcium diets compared with those on high calcium diets. This has been shown in animals and some human studies have been able to link low lumbar spine density to low calcium diets.

Interventions

No intervention Dietary calcium intake ascertained by a food frequency questionnaire will be correlated with percentage bone loss as determined by bone density scans done 6 monthly for a period of 2 years

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Age

50 Years to 75 Years

Healthy volunteers

Yes

Inclusion criteria

Post menopausal women

Exclusion criteria

Hormone replacement therapy anti resorptive therapy disorders of calcium metabolism advanced renal disease malignancy

Outcome results