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Milk consumption throughout life and bone mineral content and density in elderly men and women

Authors: T. Eysteinsdottir, T. I. Halldorsson, I. Thorsdottir, G. Sigurdsson, S. Sigurðsson, T. Harris, L. J. Launer, V. Gudnason, I. Gunnarsdottir, L. Steingrimsdottir

Published in: Osteoporosis International | Issue 2/2014

Abstract

Summary

Association between bone mineral density and bone mineral content in old age and milk consumption in adolescence, midlife, and old age was assessed. The association was strongest for milk consumption in midlife: those drinking milk daily or more often had higher bone mineral density and content in old age than those drinking milk seldom or never.

Introduction

The role of lifelong milk consumption for bone mineral density (BMD) and bone mineral content (BMC) in old age is not clear. Here we assess the association between hip BMD and BMC in old age and milk consumption in adolescence, midlife, and current old age.

Methods

Participants of the Age, Gene/Environment Susceptibility-Reykjavik Study, aged 66–96 years (N = 4,797), reported retrospective milk intake during adolescence and midlife as well as in current old age, using a validated food frequency questionnaire. BMC of femoral neck and trochanteric area was measured by volumetric quantitative computed tomography and BMD obtained. Association was assessed using linear regression models. Differences in BMC, bone volume, and BMD in relation to milk intake were portrayed as gender-specific Z-scores.

Results

Men consuming milk ≥ once/day during midlife had 0.21 higher Z-scores for BMD and 0.18 for BMC in femoral neck (95 % confidence interval 0.05–0.39 and 0.01–0.35, respectively) compared with < once/week. Results were comparable for trochanter. For women the results were similar, with slightly lower differences according to midlife milk consumption. For current and adolescent milk consumption, differences in Z-scores were smaller and only reached statistical significance in the case of BMD for current consumption in men, while this association was less pronounced for BMC.

Conclusions

Our data suggest that regular milk consumption throughout life, from adolescence to old age, is associated with higher BMC and BMD in old age, with no differences seen in bone volume. The strongest associations are seen for midlife milk consumption in both genders.

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Title: Milk consumption throughout life and bone mineral content and density in elderly men and women
Authors: T. Eysteinsdottir
T. I. Halldorsson
I. Thorsdottir
G. Sigurdsson
S. Sigurðsson
T. Harris
L. J. Launer
V. Gudnason
I. Gunnarsdottir
L. Steingrimsdottir
Publication date: 01-02-2014
Publisher: Springer London
Published in: Osteoporosis International / Issue 2/2014
Print ISSN: 0937-941X
Electronic ISSN: 1433-2965
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00198-013-2476-5

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Milk consumption throughout life and bone mineral content and density in elderly men and women

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