Calcium supplementation, bone mineral density and bone mineral content. Predictors of bone mass changes in adolescent mothers during the 6-month postpartum period

Malpeli, Agustina; Apezteguía, María; Mansur, José Luis; Armanini, Alicia; Couret, Melisa Macías; Villalobos, Rosa; Kuzminczuk, Marta; González, Horacio F.

doi:10.37527/2012.62.1.004

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Calcium supplementation, bone mineral density and bone mineral content. Predictors of bone mass changes in adolescent mothers during the 6-month postpartum period

AMAgustina Malpeli MAMaría Apezteguía JLJosé Luis Mansur AAAlicia Armanini MMMelisa Macías Couret

Hospital Italiano La Plata · Institute of Economic and Social Development

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We determined the effect of calcium supplementation on bone mineral density (BMD) and bone mineral content (BMC) and identified predictors of bone mass changes in adolescent mothers 6 months postpartum. A prospective, analytical, clinical study was performed in adolescent mothers (

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Bone mineral
Calcium
Medicine
Trochanter
Femoral neck
Lean body mass
Bone density
Body mass index

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Good health and well-being

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