title: [Calcium, magnesium, and potassium as dietary nutrients].
abstract: This review summarized recent epidemiologic studies on three minerals (calcium magnesium, and potassium) of which relation to osteoporosis and bone fracture has been suggested. A significant relation with bone mineral density (BMD) and bone fracture was generally found in low calcium intake populations such as Chinese. But few studies found a significant relation in Western populations. For magnesium and potassium, some studies found a significantly positive relation with BMD. But no study with bone fracture as outcome has yet existed.
authors.affiliation: National Institute of Health and Nutrition, Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: Satoshi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sasaki
mesh_terms: D015519:Bone Density / Q000187:drug effects*; D002136:Calcium, Dietary / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000494:pharmacology*; D004812:Epidemiologic Methods; D005260:Female; D050723:Fractures, Bone / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D008274:Magnesium / Q000494:pharmacology*; D008297:Male; D009747:Nutritional Physiological Phenomena; D010024:Osteoporosis / Q000517:prevention & control*; D017419:Potassium, Dietary / Q000494:pharmacology*
chemical_list: D002136:Calcium, Dietary; D017419:Potassium, Dietary; D008274:Magnesium