Serum percentage undercarboxylated osteocalcin, a sensitive measure of vitamin K status, and its relationship to bone health indices in Danish girls

British Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 97, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 661-666

  O'Connor, Eibhlis ^a   Mølgaard, Christian ^b   Michaelsen, Kim F ^b   Jakobsen, Jette ^c   Lamberg Allardt, Christel J E ^d   Cashman, Kevin D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Adolescent girls; Bone mineral content; Bone turnover; Undercarboxylated osteocalcin; Vitamin K

Indexed keywords

25 HYDROXYVITAMIN D; COLLAGEN; OSTEOCALCIN; VITAMIN K GROUP;

ARTICLE; BONE DEVELOPMENT; BONE MINERAL; BONE TURNOVER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; DENMARK; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LUMBAR SPINE; NORMAL HUMAN; OSSIFICATION; OSTEOLYSIS; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN URINE LEVEL; PUBERTY; SCHOOL CHILD; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; VITAMIN INTAKE;

BODY CONSTITUTION; BONE DENSITY; BONE DEVELOPMENT; BONE REMODELING; CALCITRIOL; CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OSTEOCALCIN; PUBERTY; VITAMIN K;

EID: 33947520767     PISSN: 00071145     EISSN: 14752662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0007114507433050     Document Type: Article

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