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. 1973 Jun 2;2(5865):510–512. doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.5865.510

Effect of Late Night Calcium Supplements on Overnight Urinary Calcium Excretion in Premenopausal and Postmenopausal Women

P E Belchetz, Margaret H Lloyd, R G S Johns, R D Cohen
PMCID: PMC1589586  PMID: 4714465

Abstract

The overnight urinary calcium/creatinine ratio is higher in the early years after the menopause than before it. However, the increment of urinary calcium/creatinine after a late evening calcium supplement is less in early postmenopausal than in premenopausal women. It is suggested that calcium therapy in postmenopausal osteoporosis may be best administered as a single late evening dose rather than in divided doses throughout the day.

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