ArticlePublic health nutrition2014
Associations between a priori-defined dietary patterns and longitudinal changes in bone mineral density in adolescents.
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- Mediterranean dietary pattern and bone mineral density: a systematic review and dose-response meta-analysis of observational studies.European journal of clinical nutrition · 2022Pooled it
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- Adherence to Mediterranean diet in relation to bone mineral density and risk of fracture: a systematic review and meta-analysis of observational studies.European journal of nutrition · 2018Pooled it
- Relationship between the Mediterranean dietary pattern and musculoskeletal health in children, adolescents, and adults: systematic review and evidence map.Nutrition reviews · 2017Pooled it
- Association between Dietary Patterns of Meat and Fish Consumption with Bone Mineral Density or Fracture Risk: A Systematic Literature.Nutrients · 2017Pooled it
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- Challenges of translating epidemiologic research: An application to rheumatic and musculoskeletal disorders.Global epidemiology · 2021Article
- Dietary Patterns and Pediatric Bone.Current osteoporosis reports · 2021Review
- The Impact of Diet and Physical Activity on Bone Health in Children and Adolescents.Frontiers in endocrinology · 2021Review
- Adherence to the dietary approaches to stop hypertension (DASH) dietary pattern and osteoporosis risk in postmenopausal Iranian women.Osteoporosis international : a journal established as result of cooperation between the European Foundation for Osteoporosis and the National Osteoporosis Foundation of the USA · 2020Article
- High variability of food and nutrient intake exists across the Mediterranean Dietary Pattern-A systematic review.Food science & nutrition · 2020Article
- Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension, Mediterranean, and Alternative Healthy Eating indices are associated with bone health among Puerto Rican adults from the Boston Puerto Rican Osteoporosis Study.The American journal of clinical nutrition · 2020Article
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Abstract
objectiveTo quantify short- and long-term associations between dietary patterns defined a priori and bone mineral density (BMD) during adolescence.
designDietary patterns were defined at 13 years old using a Mediterranean diet (MD) quality index, the Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension (DASH) diet index and the Oslo Health Study (OHS) dietary index. Linear regression coefficients were used to estimate associations between dietary patterns and forearm BMD at 13 and 17 years, measured by dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry.
settingPublic and private schools of Porto, Portugal. SUBJECTS: The EPITeen cohort comprising 1180 adolescents born in 1990, recruited at schools during the 2003/2004 school year and re-evaluated in 2007/2008.
resultsIn girls, at 13 years, mean BMD (g/cm2) in the first and third tertiles was 0·369 and 0·368 for the MD pattern, 0·368 and 0·369 for the DASH diet, and 0·370 and 0·363 for the OHS index. In boys, mean BMD (g/cm2) in the first and third tertiles was 0·338 and 0·347 for the MD pattern, 0·342 and 0·346 for the DASH diet, and 0·344 and 0·342 for the OHS index. None of these differences were significant. Mean BMD at 17 years and prospective variation were also not significantly different between tertiles of adherence to each score. However, a trend of increased BMD at 13 years with greater adherence to the MD pattern was observed in boys (adjusted coefficient = 0·248; 95% CI 0·052, 0·444).
conclusionsThe selected dietary patterns may not capture truly important dietary differences in determining BMD or diet may not be, beyond nutrient adequacy, a limiting determinant of BMD.
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