Calcium supplements  increased BMD by 0.7 - 1.8 % at all five skeletal sites at one , two , and over two and a half years , but the size of the increase in BMD at later time points was similar to the increase at one year .
Increasing calcium intake from dietary sources or by taking calcium supplements produces small non-progressive increases in BMD , which are unlikely to lead to a clinical ly significant reduction in risk of fracture
OBJECTIVE To determine whether increasing calcium intake from dietary sources affects  bone mineral density ( BMD ) and , if so , whether the effects are similar to those of calcium supplements .
Bone mineral content in women with Colles' fracture: effect of calcium supplementation.
The effect of dietary calcium supplementation on bone mineral content was studied in 40 postmenopausal women with Colles ' fracture . The participants were divided into two groups which were given either placebo or 1 g of calcium per day . The bone mineral content of the femur was determined before and after 1 year of medication . Women with Colles ' fracture were found to have the same mineral content in the femur as age-matched controls without fractures . Calcium supplementation had no significant effect on the bone mineral content
Calcium supplements  increased BMD by 0.7 - 1.8 % at all five skeletal sites at one , two , and over two and a half years , but the size of the increase in BMD at later time points was similar to the increase at one year .
Increasing calcium intake from dietary sources or by taking calcium supplements produces small non-progressive increases in BMD , which are unlikely to lead to a clinical ly significant reduction in risk of fracture
OBJECTIVE To determine whether increasing calcium intake from dietary sources affects  bone mineral density ( BMD ) and , if so , whether the effects are similar to those of calcium supplements .