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Trial reportThe Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism2001

High dietary phytoestrogen intake is associated with higher bone mineral density in postmenopausal but not premenopausal women.

J Mei, S S Yeung, A W Kung

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Trial report in The Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism, 2001. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to 2 registered trials, which are not on this map. Cited by 62 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

NCT05613400 phase4unknown statusstarted 2022, after this paper: background citation

The Effect of Simvastatin on Bone Density in Postmenopausal Women With Type 2 Diabetes: a Double-blind, Randomized Active-comparator (Ezetimibe) Controlled Clinical Trial

Ran2022Enrolled240Registered outcomes7Posted comparisons0ConditionsDiabetes Mellitus, Type 2ArmsEzetimibe 10mg, Simvastatin 10mg
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NCT03036722 naunknown statusnot on this mapstarted 2017, after this paper: background citation

Effect of Phytoestrogen-rich Flaxseeds on Decreasing Bone Turnover in Postmenopausal Women Aged Between 50 -70 Years.

TypeinterventionalSponsorUniversity of ReadingRan2017 to 2018Enrolled44ConditionsBone Loss, Age Realted, Post MenopausalArmsFlaxseed, Placebo control porridge
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

62 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

  1. Effects of isoflavone interventions on bone mineral density in postmenopausal women: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.Osteoporosis international : a journal established as result of cooperation between the European Foundation for Osteoporosis and the National Osteoporosis Foundation of the USA · 2020
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  2. Serum calcium and incident diabetes: an observational study and meta-analysis.Osteoporosis international : a journal established as result of cooperation between the European Foundation for Osteoporosis and the National Osteoporosis Foundation of the USA · 2016
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

J MeiDepartment of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Queen Mary Hospital, Hong Kong, China.
S S Yeung
A W Kung

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Animal studies demonstrated that phytoestrogen had a protective effect against bone loss after ovariectomy. However, data on dietary phytoestrogen intake as well as its relationship with bone mineral density (BMD) in human are not available. Six hundred fifty southern Chinese women, aged 19 to 86 yr, were recruited to determine their dietary phytoestrogen intake by a food frequency questionnaire. BMDs at the lumbar spine and hip region were measured using dual energy x-ray absorptiometry. The subjects were analyzed according to various tertiles of phytoestrogen intake. Among the postmenopausal women (n = 357), significant differences in the lumbar spine (L2-4) BMD (0.820 +/- 0.145 vs. 0.771 +/- 0.131 g/cm2, P < 0.05) and Ward's triangle BMD (0.450 +/- 0.151 vs. 0.415 +/- 0.142 g/cm2; P < 0.05) were found between the highest and lowest intake of isoflavone after adjusting for age, height, weight, years since menopause, smoking, alcohol consumption, HRT usage, and daily calcium intake. Women with the highest intake of isoflavone had significantly lower levels of serum PTH (19.38 +/- 14.61 vs. 26.56 +/- 11.19 pg/ml; P < 0.05), osteocalcin (4.95 +/- 3.61 vs. 6.69 +/- 5.05 mg/liter; P = 0.05), and urinary N-telopeptide (34.18 +/- 25.31 vs. 49.66 +/- 41.00 nmol bone collagen equivalents/mmol creatinine; P < 0.05) when compared with those with the lowest intake of isoflavone. No association between dietary phytoestrogen intake and BMDs was seen in the premenopausal women with high endogenous E (n = 293). In conclusion, postmenopausal women with habitually high intake of dietary isoflavone are associated with higher BMD values at both the spine and hip region. Customarily high isoflavone intake may help to reverse the state of secondary hyperparathyroidism associated with E withdrawal and hence lower the rate of bone turnover in postmenopausal women.

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DietAdultAgedAged, 80 and overBone DensityChinaEstrogens, Non-SteroidalFemaleGlycine maxHumansIsoflavonesMenopauseMiddle AgedPhytoestrogensPlant PreparationsPostmenopauseEstrogens, Non-SteroidalIsoflavonesPhytoestrogensPlant Preparations

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