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Femoral shaft bone mineral density

Biomarker

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Calcium

upin humans1

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  1. Calcium increases femoral shaft bone mineral density in humans (+0.6 +/- 0.5% versus -1.2 +/- 0.7%).

    “FS BMD changes in Ca-supplemented non-fractured women were significantly different from those in the placebo group (+0.6 +/- 0.5% v -1.2 +/- 0.7%, p < 0.05).”

    Human trialnon-fractured women; compared with placebofemoral shaft800 mg/day18 monthsfemales

    Effects of calcium supplements on femoral bone mineral density and vertebral fracture rate in vitamin-D-replete elderly patients

    Osteoporosis international : a journal established as result of cooperation between the European Foundation for Osteoporosis and the National Osteoporosis Foundation of the USA1 Sep 1994

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