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. 2021 Aug 10;2021(8):CD010037. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD010037.pub3

NCT03878667.

Study name Effects of calcium supplementation on women in the Curves for Women program
Methods Randomised controlled trial
Participants Women aged 45 to 65 years, overweight (BMI > 27) and postmenopausal, sedentary
Interventions Dietary supplement: curves calcium
Dietary supplement: calcium carbonate
Dietary supplement: placebo
Outcomes Body composition: body fat
Body composition: fat free mass
Body composition: bone mass
Body composition: fat mass
Body composition: lean mass
Body composition: body weight
Energy homeostasis: resting energy expenditure (REE)
Energy homeostasis: respiratory exchange ratio (RER)
Muscular strength: 1 repetition maximum  bench press
Muscular Strength: 1 repetition maximum  leg press
Muscular endurance: 80% of 1 repetition maximum  bench press endurance test
Muscular endurance: 80% of 1 repetition maximum  leg press endurance test
Body composition: body water
Lipid panel: cholesterol
Lipid panel: HDL cholesterol
Lipid panel: LDL Cholesterol
Lipid panel: triglycerides
Comprehensive metabolic panel ‐  glucose
Comprehensive metabolic panel ‐ calcium
Comprehensive metabolic panel ‐ albumin
Comprehensive metabolic panel ‐  total protein
Comprehensive metabolic panel ‐  sodium
Comprehensive metabolic panel ‐  potassium
Comprehensive metabolic panel ‐  carbon dioxide (CO2)
Comprehensive metabolic panel ‐  chloride
Comprehensive metabolic panel ‐  blood urea nitrogen 
Comprehensive metabolic panel ‐ creatinine
Comprehensive metabolic panel ‐  alkaline phosphatase (ALP)
Comprehensive metabolic panel ‐  amino transferase (ALT)
Comprehensive metabolic panel ‐  bilirubin
Complete blood count ‐ CBC: white blood cell (WBC) count
Complete blood count ‐ CBC: white blood cell differential
Complete blood count ‐ CBC: red blood cell (RBC) count
Complete blood count ‐ CBC: red cell distribution width (RDW)
Complete blood count ‐ CBC: haemoglobin
Complete blood count ‐ CBC: haematocrit
Complete blood count ‐ CBC: platelet count
Complete blood count ‐ CBC: mean platelet volume (MPV)
Complete blood count ‐ CBC: neutrophils
Complete blood count ‐ CBC: lymphocytes
Complete blood count ‐ CBC: basophils
Complete blood count ‐ CBC: eosinophils
Complete blood count ‐ CBC: monocytes
Complete blood count ‐ CBC: mean corpuscular volume (MCV)
Complete blood count ‐ CBC: mean corpuscular haemoglobin (MCH)
Complete blood count ‐ CBC: mean corpuscular haemoglobin concentration (MCHC)
Hormones: insulin
Hormones: leptin
Haemodynamic variable: resting heart rate (HR)
Haemodynamic variable: resting systolic blood pressure (SBP)
Haemodynamic variable: resting diastolic blood pressure (DBP)
Anthropometric measures: waist circumference
Anthropometric measures: hip circumference
Anthropometric measures: waist to hip ratio
Anthropometric measures: body mass index
Cardiac variable: resting electrocardiogram (ECG)
Exercise capacity: graded exercise test (GXT)
Subjective rating of quality of life
Subjective rating of appetite
Subjective rating of hunger
Subjective rating of satisfaction from food
Subjective rating of feelings of fullness
Subjective rating of amount of energy
Subjective rating of overall quality of diet
Dietary energy intake ‐ total caloric intake
Dietary energy intake ‐ carbohydrate
Dietary energy intake ‐ fat
Dietary energy intake
Starting date 01/01/2004
Contact information Richard B. Kreider, Executive Director, Human Clinical Research Facility, Texas A&M University
Notes https://ClinicalTrials.gov/show/NCT03878667 2004