Sufficient Plasma Vitamin C Is Related to Greater Bone Mineral Density among Postmenopausal Women from the Boston Puerto Rican Health Study

Vitamin C may benefit bone as an antioxidant. This cross-sectional study evaluated associations between dietary, supplemental, and plasma vitamin C with bone mineral density (BMD) among Puerto Rican adults. Diet was assessed by food-frequency questionnaire (n = 902); plasma vitamin C, measured in fa...

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Published in:The Journal of nutrition 2021-12, Vol.151 (12), p.3764-3772
Main Authors: Mangano, Kelsey M, Noel, Sabrina E, Dawson-Hughes, Bess, Tucker, Katherine L
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Aged
Antioxidants
Ascorbic Acid
Bone Density
Bone mineral density
Boston
Cross-Sectional Studies
Diet
Dual energy X-ray absorptiometry
Estrogens
Female
Femur
Hispanic
Hispanic or Latino
Humans
Male
Men
Menopause
Middle Aged
Nutrition
Nutritional Epidemiology
osteoporosis
Post-menopause
Postmenopause
Puerto Rican
Smoking
Therapy
Trochanter
Vitamin C
Women
Womens health
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Summary:Vitamin C may benefit bone as an antioxidant. This cross-sectional study evaluated associations between dietary, supplemental, and plasma vitamin C with bone mineral density (BMD) among Puerto Rican adults. Diet was assessed by food-frequency questionnaire (n = 902); plasma vitamin C, measured in fasting blood (n = 809), was categorized as sufficient (≥50 μmol/L), insufficient (20–49 μmol/L), or low (
ISSN:0022-3166
1541-6100
DOI:10.1093/jn/nxab291