Genetically defined adult-type hypolactasia and self-reported lactose intolerance as risk factors of osteoporosis in Finnish postmenopausal women

European Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 59, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 1105-1111

  Enattah, N ^a   Pekkarinen, T ^b   Välimäki, Matti J ^c   Loyttyniemi E ^d   Jarvela I ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b PEIJAS HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^c HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Bone mineral density; Fractures; Genotype; Lactase; Lactose intolerance; Lactose malabsorption; Osteoporosis

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; DISACCHARIDASE; INTESTINE ENZYME; LACTASE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE DENSITY; CALCIUM INTAKE; CHROMOSOME 2Q; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DAIRY PRODUCT; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; EDUCATION PROGRAM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; FINLAND; FOOD INTAKE; FRAGILITY FRACTURE; GENOTYPE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; LACTASE DEFICIENCY; LACTOSE INTOLERANCE; LACTOSE TOLERANCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OSTEOPOROSIS; POPULATION RESEARCH; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SELF REPORT; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CALCIUM, DIETARY; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DAIRY PRODUCTS; FEMALE; FINLAND; FRACTURES, BONE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; LACTASE; LACTOSE; LACTOSE INTOLERANCE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOPOROSIS, POSTMENOPAUSAL; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 27144441479     PISSN: 09543007     EISSN: 14765640     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ejcn.1602219     Document Type: Article

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