We have previously demonstrated that calcium plus vitamin D supplementation during adolescent pregnancy reduces the magnitude of transient postpartum bone mass loss. In the present post hoc analysis, we further investigated the effect of calcium plus vitamin D supplementation during pregnancy in hip geometry throughout one year postpartum in Brazilian adolescents with low daily calcium intake (∼600 mg/d). Pregnant adolescents (14-19 years) were randomly assigned to receive calcium (600 mg/d) plus vitamin D (200 μg/d) or a placebo from 26 weeks of gestation until parturition.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIntroduction: The aim of this study was to evaluate the association of visceral and subcutaneous adipose tissue with bone mineral density (BMD), geometric indices of femoral neck strength and vertebral fractures in pre- and postmenopausal women with severe obesity.
Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted with pre- (n = 37) and postmenopausal (n = 21) women with body mass index higher than 40 kg/cm. BMD at total body, lumbar spine, hip and forearm, presence of vertebral fractures, lean mass, visceral, and subcutaneous adipose tissue were assessed by DXA.
Objective: The aim of this study was to investigate the association between bone mineral density (BMD) and fat mass (FM) in a multiethnic population of Brazilian women and to evaluate the influence of total body mass and lean mass on this association.
Methods: This was a cross-sectional study nested within the Pro-Saúde Study, a prospective cohort of university civil servants in Rio de Janeiro. Participants were pre- (n = 100) and postmenopausal (n = 166) women.