ArticleNutrients2018
The Assessment of Bone Regulatory Pathways, Bone Turnover, and Bone Mineral Density in Vegetarian and Omnivorous Children.
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12 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 46 citations in OpenAlex.
- Vegetarian Diet and Dietary Intake, Health, and Nutritional Status in Infants, Children, and Adolescents: A Systematic Review.Nutrients · 2025Pooled it
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- Nutrient Intake and Status in Children and Adolescents Consuming Plant-Based Diets Compared to Meat-Eaters: A Systematic Review.Nutrients · 2023Pooled it
- A 10-month cluster-randomized trial to shift towards plant-forward meals in early childhood education and care centres: effects on bone and mineral metabolism in Finnish children.European journal of nutrition · 2026Trial
- Assessing Bone and Adipose Tissue Biomarkers in 5-6-Year-Old Polish Children Adhering to Vegetarian and Traditional Diets.Nutrients · 2026Article
- Nonpharmacological Intervention Effects on Middle-Aged Women with Menopausal Symptoms: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- Bone and mineral metabolism in 2-7-year-old Finnish children and their caregivers following vegan, vegetarian, and omnivorous diets.European journal of nutrition · 2025Article
- Comparative Analysis of Myokines and Bone Metabolism Markers in Prepubertal Vegetarian and Omnivorous Children.Nutrients · 2024Article
- Bone Turnover Markers: Basic Biology to Clinical Applications.Endocrine reviews · 2023Article
- Nutritional Assessment of the Symptomatic Patient on a Plant-Based Diet: Seven Key Questions.Nutrients · 2023Review
- Pathways involved in pony body size development.BMC genomics · 2021Article
- Bone loss, low height, and low weight in different populations and district: a meta-analysis between vegans and non-vegans.Food & nutrition research · 2020Article
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Abstract
Vegetarian diets contain many beneficial properties as well as carry a risk of inadequate intakes of several nutrients important to bone health. The aim of the study was to evaluate serum levels of bone metabolism markers and to analyze the relationships between biochemical bone markers and anthropometric parameters in children on vegetarian and omnivorous diets. The study included 70 prepubertal children on a lacto-ovo-vegetarian diet and 60 omnivorous children. Body composition, bone mineral content (BMC), and bone mineral density (BMD) were assessed by dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry. Biochemical markers-bone alkaline phosphatase (BALP), C-terminal telopeptide of type I collagen (CTX-I), osteoprotegerin (OPG), nuclear factor κB ligand (RANKL), sclerostin, and Dickkopf-related protein 1 (Dkk-1)-were measured using immunoenzymatic assays. In vegetarians, we observed a significantly higher level of BALP (
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