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. 2021 Sep 7;34(1):9–24. doi: 10.1007/s40520-021-01970-4

Table 5.

Effects of dairy products on bone in younger adults (controlled trials)

Study Year Population N Mean age (years) Intervention Duration Outcomes Main results Conclusions: effects of dairies
Baran et al. [90] 1990 Premenopausal women 37  ~ 36 Dairy products equivalent to + 610 mg/day of Ca 3 year PTH, LS BMD PTH: no change; LS BMD:—0.4 vs—2.9% in controls Prevention LS BMD loss
Bonjour et al. [91] 2008 Postmenopausal women 30 59.5 Semi-skimmed milk 500 ml/day 6 weeks BTM, PTH PTH:—3.2 pg/ml; CTX:—624 pmol/l; P1NP:—5.5 ng/ml; Osteocalcin:—2.8 ng/ml ↘ PTH, ↘ CTX, ↘ P1NP, ↘ Oc
Bonjour et al. [93] 2012 Postmenopausal women with low spontaneous supply of Ca and Vit D 71 56.6 2 servings of skimmed-milk and soft white cheese fortified with Vit D (2.5 μg/d) and Ca (400 mg/d) 6 weeks IGF-I, BTM IGF-I: + 18 µg/l; TRAP 5b:—0.3 U/l; CTX: NS Greater ↗IGF-I and ↘ TRAP5b
Chee et al. [94] 2003 Postmenopausal (> 5 years) women (55–65 years) 173 59 Milk powder with 1200 mg/d Ca 24 months BMD LS BMD:—13 vs—90%; Hip:—0.50 vs—2.17%; FN BMD: + 0.51 vs—1.21% in controls ↗Vit D, ↘ spine and hip BMD loss, benefit still evident 21 months after the study end
Ting et al. [95] 2007 Postmenopausal (> 5 years) women (55–65 years) 173  61 Milk powder with 1200 mg/d Ca 24 months BMD Some difference still detectable 18 months after intervention end
Chen et al. [96] 2015 Postmenopausal women 141 55.9 Milk powder with 900 mg/d Ca 24 months BMD LS:—013 T-score difference in favour of intervention group ↘ LS BMD loss
Gui et al. [49] 2012 Postmenopausal women without osteoporosis (45–65 years) 141 56.5 Milk/Soymilk with 250 mg/d Ca 18 months BMD Milk: Hip: + 2.5%; FN: + 2.8%. Soymilk: not different from controls Prevention FN and Hip BMD loss
Josse et al. [102] 2010 Young women 20 23.2 500 ml skimmed milk before and 1 h after exercise 12 weeks PTH, BTM PTH:—1.2 pmol/l ↘ PTH
Josse et al. [103] 2012 Young overweight women 90  ~ 31.5 6–7 servings/day dairy 16 weeks PTH, BTM PTH:—1.2 vs + 0.8 pmol/l; P1NP: + 16 vs + 1 µg/l; CTX: + 0.01 vs + 0.12 nmol/l in controls Prevention of ↗ bone resorption
Kristensen et al. [104] 2005 Healthy young men (22–29 years) 11 24 2.5 l/day of Cola + low-Ca diet vs 2.5 l/day of semi-skimmed milk + low-Ca diet 10 days BTM CTX: 0.8—> 0.6 with milk vs—> 0.9 with cola ↗ BTM with cola diet, not milk diet
Kruger et al. [105] 2006 Premenopausal women 20–35 years 82 27 High Ca skimmed milk (1000 mg/d of extra Ca) 16 weeks BTM sCTX: 0.49—> 0.30 ng/ml; P1NP: 55.9—> 42.1 ng/ml ↘ CTX, ↘ osteocalcin, ↘ P1NP
Kruger et al. [106] 2010 Postmenopausal women 120 57.5 Milk powder fortified with 1200 mg Ca, 96 mg magnesium, 2.4 mg zinc and 9.6 μg Vit D /d 16 weeks Vit D, PTH, BTM CTX:—40%; osteocalcin:—30%; P1NP:—30% ↘ BTM
Lau et al. [109] 2001 Postmenopausal women 200 57 Milk powder providing 800 mg/day Ca and 18.8 g protein 24 months BMD Hip:—0.06 vs—0.88%; LS:—0.56 vs—1.5%; FN:—0.70 vs—1.1% in controls lower ↘ BMD, ↗ Vit D, ↘ PTH
Lau et al. [110] 2002 Postmenopausal women 187 57 Milk powder containing 800 mg/d Ca 36 months BMD Lower BMD loss; Hip 81%; LS: 65%; FN: 73% lower ↘ BMD
Liu et al. [111] 2011 Pregnant women (24–31 years) with habitual low Ca intake 36 27 Milk powder (containing 350 mg Ca); milk powder (containing 350 mg Ca) + 600 mg Ca/d 20 weeks gestational age to 6 weeks post-partum BMD, BTM Higher WB and LS BMD in the milk high calcium group ↗ BMD
Moschonis et al. [113] 2010 Postmenopausal women (55–65 years) 66 60 Milk and yogurt fortified with 1200 mg Ca and 7.5/22.5 μg Vit D + counselling 30 months BMD WB BMD: + 0.003 vs—0.020 g/cm2 in controls; spine: + 0.118 vs + 0.049 g/cm2 in controls ↗ WB BMD whole body and spine
Recker et al. [116] 1985 Postmenopausal women 22  NR 192 ml/day milk 24 months Ca balance Ca balance:—0.061—>—0.017 g/day Better Ca balance
Rosado et al. [117] 2011 Young obese women 139 34 3 × 250 ml/day low-fat milk 16 weeks BMC WB BMC: + 28 vs—2 mg in controls ↗ WB BMC
Tenta et al. [119] 2011 Postmenopausal women 40 55–65 Milk and yogurt fortified with Ca (1200 mg/day) and Vit D (7.5–30 μg/day) 30 months BTM, BMD RANKL:—0.08 vs + 0.01 pg/ml; CTX:—0.11 ng/ml by 12 months Prevention ↘ Vit D in winter. ↘ CTX and RANKL; ↗ WB BMD
Thorpe et al. [120] 2008 Overweight men and women (30–65 years) 130 46 1.4 g/kg BW protein through 3 servings/day of dairies 12 months BMD BW at 12 months:—10.5% in both groups. WB, LS and Hip BMD 1.6, 2.1 and 1.4% higher ↘ BMD decrease
Woo et al. [122] 2007 Women (20–35 years) 408 28 Milk powder with 1000 mg Ca, 80 μg Vit K 24 months BMD, BTM Overall, small BMD increases No difference between groups

NR not reported, BMD bone mineral density, BMC bone mineral content, WB whole body, LS lumbar spine, FN femoral neck, Ca Calcium, BTM bone turnover markers, Oc osteocalcin