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ReviewInternational journal of clinical and experimental medicine2015

Calcium intake and hip fracture risk: a meta-analysis of prospective cohort studies.

Dong Wang, Xiao-Hu Chen, Guo Fu, Li-Qiang Gu, Qing-Tang Zhu, Xiao-Lin Liu, Jian Qi, Jian-Ping Xiang

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Review in International journal of clinical and experimental medicine, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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Dong WangDepartment of Orthopedic and Microsurgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-Sen University Guangzhou 510080, China.
Xiao-Hu ChenDepartment of Orthopedic Trauma, Huiya Hospital of Huizhou, Sun Yat-Sen University Huizhou 516000, China.
Guo FuDepartment of Orthopedic and Microsurgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-Sen University Guangzhou 510080, China.
Li-Qiang GuDepartment of Orthopedic and Microsurgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-Sen University Guangzhou 510080, China.
Qing-Tang ZhuDepartment of Orthopedic and Microsurgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-Sen University Guangzhou 510080, China.
Xiao-Lin LiuDepartment of Orthopedic and Microsurgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-Sen University Guangzhou 510080, China.
Jian QiDepartment of Orthopedic and Microsurgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-Sen University Guangzhou 510080, China.
Jian-Ping XiangDepartment of Orthopedic and Microsurgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-Sen University Guangzhou 510080, China.

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Abstract

It has been suggested that the amount of calcium intake may influence hip fracture incidence. However, the results of the researches in this regard are inconsistent. We performed this meta-analysis to estimate the association between calcium intake and hip fracture risk. Prospective cohort studies on calcium intake and hip fracture risk were identified by searching databases from the period 1960 to 2014. Results from individual studies were synthetically combined using STATA 11 software. The results indicated that a total of 8 prospective cohort studies were included in our meta-analysis, involving 2,435 cases and 267,759 participants. The combined relative risk (RR) of hip fracture for highest compared with lowest amount calcium intake was 0.97 (95% confidence interval [CI]: 0.89-1.07). Little evidence of publication bias was found. In conclusion, this meta-analysis provides evidence of no association between calcium intake and hip fracture risk. However, this finding is based on only a limited number of included studies.

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Calciumhip fracturemeta-analysisprospective cohort study

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PMID26550430
PMCPMC4613115

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