Sodium Intake and Osteoporosis. Findings From the Women's Health Initiative

Laura Carbone; Karen C Johnson; Ying Huang; Mary Pettinger; Fridjtof Thomas; Jane Cauley; Carolyn Crandall; Lesley Tinker; Meryl Susan LeBoff; Jean Wactawski-Wende; Monique Bethel; Wenjun Li; Ross Prentice

doi:10.1210/jc.2015-4017

Sodium Intake and Osteoporosis. Findings From the Women's Health Initiative

J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2016 Apr;101(4):1414-21. doi: 10.1210/jc.2015-4017. Epub 2016 Feb 10.

Affiliation

¹ Department of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology (L.C., M.B.), Medical College of Georgia-Augusta University and Charlie Norwood Veterans Affairs Medical Center (L.C., M.B.), Augusta, GA 30912; Department of Preventive Medicine (K.C.J., F.T.), University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, Tennessee 38163; Division of Public Health Sciences (Y.H., M.P., L.T., R.P.), Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, Washington 98109; Department of Epidemiology (J.C.), Graduate School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15261; David Geffen School of Medicine (C.C.), University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California 90095; Department of Medicine (M.S.L.), Harvard University, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts 02115; Department of Epidemiology and Environmental Health (J.W.-W.), University at Buffalo, The State University of New York, Buffalo, New York 14214; and Division of Preventive and Behavioral Medicine (W.L.), University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts 01655.

Abstract

In this large, prospective, observational cohort study of postmenopausal women in the WHI, Cox proportional hazard regression models showed that sodium intake at or near recommended levels is not likely to impact bone metabolism.

Publication types

Observational Study

MeSH terms

Aged
Bone and Bones / drug effects*
Female
Humans
Middle Aged
Osteoporosis, Postmenopausal / epidemiology
Osteoporosis, Postmenopausal / etiology
Osteoporosis, Postmenopausal / prevention & control*
Proportional Hazards Models
Prospective Studies
Risk Factors
Sodium, Dietary / administration & dosage*
United States
Women's Health*

Substances

Sodium, Dietary

Sodium Intake and Osteoporosis. Findings From the Women's Health Initiative

Authors

Affiliation

Abstract

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