Types of dairy foods and risk of fragility fracture in the prospective Nurses' Health Study cohort.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Fragility fractures present enormous health challenges for women. Dairy products provide many bone-beneficial nutrients, such as calcium and vitamin D. Individual dairy foods may exert different effects on bone health.

Objectives

The aim of this study was to investigate the associations between total dairy, yogurt, milk, and cheese and fragility fracture risk among females in the prospective Nurses' Health Study (NHS) conducted in the United States.

Methods

In the current analysis, 103,003 females with mean age of 48 y were followed from 1980-2004. Proportional hazards models were used to estimate risk of first fracture (of the wrist, hip, or vertebrae) by intakes of dairy foods (total dairy, milk, yogurt, or cheese) obtained from a food frequency questionn

SUBMITTER: Yuan M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10797505 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature