http://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJM199212033272305
This newspaper article explains that by having an intake of vitamin D3 and Calcium that elderly women can preven hip fractures by 43%. The women who took the calcium and the vitamin D3 were able to make their bone density a lot stronger and were able to handle more pressures on their bones.
I was wondering as to what type of loading the elderly women had that classified as "pressures" they were able to handle? Were they weight bearing, walking, etc? As we know, a combination of adequate vitamin intake and exercise can also help our bones, so how exactly did they distinguish which was the cause for the found effect?
ReplyDeleteGood question Mel! I was also wondering what the definition of "elderly" was according to this study? Postmenopausal women can be anywhere from 50 on up.
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