Relationship of protein, calcium and vitamin D consumption with body composition and fractures in oldest-old independent people.

What Was Tested

Researchers studied Vitamin D, K2, Magnesium and Zinc in this observational study publication.

Perhaps this phenomenon is also altered by the consumption of vitamin D after the age 80 years.

This study aimed to identify if there is an association of protein, calcium and vitamin D intake with body composition and fractures in community dwelling 80 years or older independent people.

Who Took Part

PubMed indexes the participants as people over 80.

How the Study Was Run

This is a cross-sectional observational analytic study.

The researchers invited community dwelling 80 years or older independent people, with chronic diseases under control, according to the scientific guidelines.

The food intake was obtained through a one-day food record (FR) and Avanutri software (4.1 version) was used to calculate the intake of total calories, calcium, protein, and other food nutrients.

The body composition and bone densitometry were evaluated by whole-body Dual Energy X-ray Absorptiometry (DXA).

The morphometric vertebral fractures were assessed through conventional X-ray of the vertebral, level T4 to L4, on side face position - semi quantitative technique.

What Was Measured

Topics PubMed links to this paper include Body Composition, Calcium, Cross-Sectional Studies, Obesity, Vitamin D and Vitamins.

The authors tagged it with the keywords Aged, 80 and over, Bone fracture, Diet, food, and nutrition, Muscle, skeletal and Osteoporosis.

What This Means in Plain Language

This is an observational study of Vitamin D, K2, Magnesium and Zinc.

The abstract goes on to report its results in about 6 sentences; this page does not restate them, so read the paper for the findings and their limits.

The publication is from 2024 (Clinical nutrition ESPEN), a journal based in England.

More context: the Vitamin D, K2, Magnesium and Zinc compound page, all human trials.