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Low vitamin B-12 levels linked to bone loss in older women.
2004 APR 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Older women with low levels of vitamin B-12 are more likely to experience rapid bone loss, according to new research published in The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism (JCEM).
The new findings help to establish the importance of vitamin B-12 in the bone health of women as they age.
Vitamin B-12, which is found in animal products, such as meat, shellfish, milk, cheese and eggs, is needed to produce red blood cells and maintain a healthy nervous system.
Still, little is known about the vitamin's affects on skeletal health, specifically among aging women. Researchers at the University of California, San Francisco, led by Dr. Katie Stone, studied whether elderly women with low levels of vitamin B-12 suffer from more rapid bone loss.
Through a random, cohort study of 83 women over the age of 64 who participated in the Study of Osteoporotic Fractures, researchers archived baseline serum samples and measured hip bone mineral density in study subjects during 2- and 6-year follow-up examinations.
Test results demonstrated that after adjusting for age, weight and clinic site, women with the lowest levels of B-12 (below 280 pg/mL) experienced significantly more rapid hip bone loss than women with higher levels ...
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