Antioxidant Vitamin Supplements and Markers of Bone Turnover in a Community Sample of Nonsmoking Women
Author(s) -
Julie A. Pasco,
Margaret J. Henry,
Laura Wilkinson,
Geoffrey C. Nicholson,
Hans G. Schneider,
Mark A. Kotowicz
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
journal of women s health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.195
H-Index - 98
eISSN - 1931-843X
pISSN - 1540-9996
DOI - 10.1089/jwh.2006.15.295
Subject(s) - medicine , bone remodeling , osteoporosis , endocrinology , antioxidant , bone mineral , bone resorption , vitamin d and neurology , physiology , vitamin c , ascorbic acid , biology , food science , biochemistry
Whereas several epidemiological studies suggest that low dietary intake of vitamins C and E is linked to increased hip fracture in smokers and antioxidants (dietary and endogenous) are reduced in elderly osteoporotic women, none has demonstrated an effect of supplemental antioxidants on bone turnover.
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