Bone and nutrition in elderly women: Protein, energy, and calcium as main determinants of bone mineral density

European Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 554-565

  Ilich, J Z ^a   Brownbill, R A ^a   Tamborini, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

Bone mineral density; Calories; Minerals; Nutrition; Osteoporosis; Protein; Vitamins

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID; CALCIUM; MAGNESIUM; PARATHYROID HORMONE; PROTEIN; VITAMIN D; ZINC;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BODY COMPOSITION; BONE DENSITY; BONE MASS; BONE MINERAL; CALORIC INTAKE; CAUCASIAN; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DIETARY INTAKE; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; NUTRIENT; OSTEOLYSIS; PARATHYROID HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; POSTMENOPAUSE OSTEOPOROSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL; VARIANCE; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; WALKING;

AGED; AGING; ASCORBIC ACID; BONE DENSITY; CALCIUM; CALCIUM, DIETARY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIETARY PROTEINS; ENERGY INTAKE; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNESIUM; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OSTEOPOROSIS, POSTMENOPAUSAL; PARATHYROID HORMONE; POSTMENOPAUSE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; VITAMIN D; ZINC;

EID: 0038742942     PISSN: 09543007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ejcn.1601577     Document Type: Article

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