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Caffeine intake increases the rate of bone loss in elderly women and interacts with vitamin D receptor genotypes.
The American journal of clinical nutrition - 1 Nov 2001
Rapuri P B, Gallagher J C, Kinyamu H K, Ryschon K L
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BACKGROUND: The role of caffeine as a risk factor for bone loss is controversial. OBJECTIVE: Our goals were 1) to compare in both a cross-sectional study and a 3-y longitudinal study the bone mineral density (BMD) of postmenopausal women consuming high or low amounts of caffeine and 2) to study the interaction between caffeine intake, vitamin D receptor (VDR) polymorphism, and BMD in the longitudinal study....
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