[Calcium, magnesium, and potassium as dietary nutrients].

Abstract

This review summarized recent epidemiologic studies on three minerals (calcium magnesium, and potassium) of which relation to osteoporosis and bone fracture has been suggested. A significant relation with bone mineral density (BMD) and bone fracture was generally found in low calcium intake populations such as Chinese. But few studies found a significant relation in Western populations. For magnesium and potassium, some studies found a significantly positive relation with BMD. But no study with bone fracture as outcome has yet existed.

• Authors: Satoshi Sasaki
• Journal: Clinical calcium (Clin Calcium) Vol. 16 Issue 1 Pg. 110-5 (Jan 2006) ISSN: 0917-5857 [Print] Japan
• PMID: 16397360 (Publication Type: English Abstract, Journal Article, Review)

Chemical References

• Calcium, Dietary
• Potassium, Dietary
• Magnesium

Topics

• Bone Density (drug effects)
• Calcium, Dietary (administration & dosage, pharmacology)
• Epidemiologic Methods
• Female
• Fractures, Bone (epidemiology)
• Humans
• Magnesium (pharmacology)
• Male
• Nutritional Physiological Phenomena
• Osteoporosis (prevention & control)
• Potassium, Dietary (pharmacology)