Relationship between Osteoporosis, Multiple Fractures, and Egg Intake in Healthy Elderly
Pujia R, Ferro Y, Maurotti S, Mare R, Arturi F, Montalcini T, Pujia A, Mazza E
Journal of mid-life health · 8 citations
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How it was studied
- Design
- Cross-sectional study (classified by our AI screen)
- Studied in
- People
- Main outcome
- Clinical events such as disease or death
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Who paid for it
- Funding
- Independent funding
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Publication
- Published
- 2021-10-01 · J Midlife Health · vol. 12 · issue 4 · pp. 287–293
- Publisher
- Medknow
- Cited
- 9 citations · more than 80% of similar papers · 1.4× the field average
- References
- 38 works
- Access
- Open access (free to publish) · CC-BY-NC-SA
- Research areas
- Bone health and osteoporosis research · Nutritional Studies and Diet · Nutrition and Health in Aging
- Keywords
- Osteoporosis, Medicine, Bone mineral, Body mass index, Bone density, Internal medicine, Randomized controlled trial, Standard score, Population, Physiology, Environmental health
8 authors
From IT
- Roberta PujiaMagna Graecia University
- Yvelise Ferro · correspondingMagna Graecia University
- Samantha MaurottiMagna Graecia University
- Rosario MareMagna Graecia University
- Franco ArturiMagna Graecia University
- Tiziana MontalciniMagna Graecia University
Abstract
Context
The role of dietary patterns in the prevention of osteoporosis has been investigated in many studies, but few have examined the association between consumption of specific food and whole-body (WB) bone mineral density (BMD). Recent evidence suggests that whole eggs contain bioactive compounds that could have beneficial effects on BMD. BMD is also expressed as the T-score, which is used for the clinical diagnosis of osteoporosis and to evaluate the effectiveness of drugs.
Aims
We conducted a study to assess the association between eggs consumption and bone density in a population of the elderly.
Settings and design
This cross-sectional study included 176 individuals of both genders and aged ≥65 years.
Subjects and methods
Egg intake was ascertained by a combination of dietary intake assessment, and a dual X-ray absorptiometry scan was performed to measure WB T-score.
Results
In our study, among all the food groups and nondietary factors evaluated, we find a positive association between the WB T-score and egg consumption (B = 0.02; P = 0.02), gender (B = 0.85; P P = 0.03). Multiple fractures were associated with the daily intake of eggs (B = ‒0.26; P = 0.02) and high-density lipoprotein-cholesterol (B = 0.09; P = 0.03).
Conclusions
This study provides novel evidence of a positive link between whole egg consumption and bone health. If results observed in this study will be confirmed through future randomized controlled trials, whole eggs may represent a viable strategy to prevent osteoporosis and reduce the risk of fractures in the elderly.
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