Calcium intake and bone mineral density: systematic review and meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To determine whether increasing calcium intake from dietary sources affects bone mineral density (BMD) and, if so, whether the effects are similar to those of calcium supplements.

Design

Random effects meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials.

Data sources

Ovid Medline, Embase, Pubmed, and references from relevant systematic reviews. Initial searches were undertaken in July 2013 and updated in September 2014.

Eligibility criteria for selecting studies

Randomised controlled trials of dietary sources of calcium or calcium supplements (with or without vitamin D) in participants aged over 50 with BMD at the lumbar spine, total hip, femoral neck, total body, or forearm as an outcome.

Results

We identified 59 eligible randomised controlled trial

SUBMITTER: Tai V 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4784773 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature