Rats fed calcium-deprived diet develop osteoporosis due to enhanced bone resorption, secondary to parathyroid overactivity resulting from nutritional hypocalcemia. Therefore, rats provide a good experimental animal model for studying bone modelling alterations during biochemical osteoporosis. Three-month-old Sprague-Dawley male rats were divided into 4 groups: (1) baseline, (2) normal diet for ...

When osteoporosis presents as a disease, effective, quick therapeutic remedy is required. Potent effective pharmaceuticals are available. When osteoporosis is only a threat, prevention and not treatment should be a logical better choice. While the past two decades might have followed a radical treatment direction and adverse effects of potent bisphosphonates have started to appear, it is approp...

CONTEXT AND OBJECTIVES Osteoporosis has frequently been observed in patients with rheumatoid arthritis. The present study was undertaken in order to evaluate factors associated with osteoporosis among women with rheumatoid arthritis. DESIGN AND SETTING Cross-sectional study, carried out in a public hospital in São Paulo. METHODS The participants were 83 women with rheumatoid arthritis (53.7...

Introduction: Osteoporosis is a complex disease, which prevalence markedly increases with aging. The disease characterized by increased risk of bone fracture and reduction in skeletal mass. Population based studies indicates contribution of genetic traits to disease, besides of hormonal, nutritional and lifestyle factors. In this study, we investigated single nucleotide polymorphisms, to access...

BACKGROUND/OBJECTIVES Osteoporosis and osteoporosis-related disease are drawing a lot of attention in Korea as one of the serious health problems. Bone health status may be influenced by the general dietary quality and dietary pattern. SUBJECTS/METHODS To determine the relationship between dietary quality and intake patterns and bone health status, the %RNI, NAR, DDS, and food group intake pa...

Beer is a popular beverage all over the world. It has been established many times that the moderate consumption of beer exerts favourable influences on human’s health such as nutritional benefits, anti-mutagenic and anti-carcinogenic effects, reduction of cardiovascular diseases, hypolipidemic effect, stimulation of immune system, anti-osteoporosis effect and the reduction of the risk of dement...

The original cohort study of AHAP started in 2011 on 1616 elderly residents of Amirkola, northern part of Iran near the Caspian Sea. The main goal of this study was to comprehensively evaluate the health of the elderly in the region with the emphasis on chronic diseases such as osteoporosis. The first cohort profile was published in the International Journal of Epidemiology in 2014. The phase 1...

There is compelling evidence to suggest that both the development of bone to peak bone mass at maturity and subsequent loss depend on the interaction between genetic, hormonal, environmental and nutritional factors. The major part (< or = 80%) of the age-specific variation in bone turnover and bone density is genetically determined. However, the notion of genetic determinant is of little value ...