Open AccessDietary B vitamin intake and risk of hip fracture: the Singapore Chinese Health Study
Author(s) -
Zhaoli Dai,
Run Wang,
Li-Wei Ang,
JianMin Yuan,
Woon Puay Koh
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
osteoporosis international
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.28
H-Index - 170
eISSN - 1433-2965
pISSN - 0937-941X
DOI - 10.1007/s00198-012-2233-1
Subject(s) - medicine , hip fracture , niacin , prospective cohort study , pyridoxine , osteoporosis , epidemiology , cohort study , quartile , b vitamins , population , incidence (geometry) , cohort , riboflavin , environmental health , physiology , food science , confidence interval , chemistry , physics , optics
This prospective cohort study that comprehensively examined effects of different B vitamins in an Asian population showed an inverse relationship between dietary intake of pyridoxine and hip fracture risk in elderly women. These findings suggest that maintaining sufficient pyridoxine intake may be beneficial in preserving bone health in postmenopausal women.