Soy isoflavones attenuate bone loss in early postmenopausal Chinese women: A single-blind randomized, placebo-controlled trial

European Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 327-334

  Ye, Yan Bin ^a   Tang, Xing Yi ^a   Verbruggen, Marian A ^b   Su, Yi Xiang ^a  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Acatris Holding BV   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Bone markers; Bone mineral density; Chinese; Postmenopausal women; Soy isoflavones

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; DEOXYPYRIDINOLINE; ISOFLAVONE DERIVATIVE; OSTEOCALCIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; BONE DENSITY; CALCIUM INTAKE; CHINA; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; FEMALE; FEMUR NECK; HUMAN; LUMBAR SPINE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OSTEOLYSIS; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; POSTMENOPAUSE; PROTEIN INTAKE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RATING SCALE;

ABSORPTIOMETRY, PHOTON; BONE DENSITY; BONE DENSITY CONSERVATION AGENTS; CHINA; DENSITOMETRY, X-RAY; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISOFLAVONES; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOPOROSIS, POSTMENOPAUSAL; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; SOYBEANS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33748668677     PISSN: 14366207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00394-006-0602-2     Document Type: Article

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