Bone Mineral Density and Protein-Derived Food Clusters from the Framingham Offspring Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Dietary protein is beneficial to bone health; however, dietary patterns of protein intake and their relationship with bone mineral density (BMD) have not been evaluated.

Objective

To examine the relationship of dietary protein food clusters with BMD at the femoral neck, trochanter, total femur, and lumbar spine among middle-aged and older men and women.

Design

Cross-sectional study.

Participants and setting

Two thousand seven hundred fifty-eight community-dwelling individuals from the Framingham Offspring Study.

Methods

BMD was measured by Lunar DPX-L (Lunar Radiation Corporation) in 1996-2001. Dietary intakes were estimated using the Willett food frequency questionnaire in either 1995-1998 or 1998-2001, and the exam closest to a participant's

SUBMITTER: Mangano KM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4584170 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature