Lactose intolerance: A risk factor for reduced bone mineral density and vertebral fractures?

Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 37, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 1014-1019

  Kudlacek, Stefan ^a,b   Freudenthaler, Othmar ^a,b   Weissböeck, Hannelore ^a,b   Schneider, Barbara ^c   Willvonseder, Robert ^a,b  

^a KRANKENHAUS DER BARMHERZIGEN BRÜDER   (Austria)

^b LUDWIG BOLTZMANN INSTITUTE FOR LUNG VASCULAR RESEARCH   (Austria)

^c MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Bone mineral density; Lactose intolerance; Osteoporosis; Vertebral fractures

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE DENSITY; BONE MASS; BONE MINERAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYDROGEN BREATH TEST; LACTOSE INTOLERANCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OSTEOLYSIS; OSTEOPOROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SELF REPORT; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; VERTEBRA FRACTURE;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; BONE DENSITY; BREATH TESTS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DENSITOMETRY, X-RAY; FEMALE; FRACTURES, SPONTANEOUS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LACTOSE INTOLERANCE; LACTOSE TOLERANCE TEST; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOPOROSIS; OSTEOPOROSIS, POSTMENOPAUSAL; PROBABILITY; PROGNOSIS; REFERENCE VALUES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SPINAL FRACTURES; THORACIC VERTEBRAE;

EID: 0036961155     PISSN: 09441174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s005350200171     Document Type: Article

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