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new Australian study published in the journal The Lancet and conducted by the University of Western Sydney (UWS) on 63,000 people aged 50 and older, showed that taking calcium alone or associated with vitamin D, reduced by almost one quarter fractures osteoporosis risk factors among older people, thus improving their quality of daily life.According to Dr. Benjamin Tang, a researcher in charge of the study, released the results confirm the role of calcium in osteoporosis prevention.
"This survey clearly shows that calcium supplements reduce the rate of fracture and bone loss among the elderly" he says in the release of the university.
Thus, when patients properly follow their osteoporosis treatment (compliance rate of at least 80%), the fracture of osteoporosis risk factors is reduced by 24%. For those less stringent, the benefit of treatment is divided by two.
The best results were achieved with daily doses of 1,200 mg of calcium combined with 800 international units of vitamin D.
To reduce the osteoporosis risk factors, "it is important to start the process relatively early, from age 50, when bone mineral loss begins to accelerate," said Dr Tang.
He added that the positive effects of this osteoporosis treatment increases with age. It is particularly necessary in people aged 70 and over, "a group at high risk of fractures that can lead to permanent disability sharply deteriorating quality of life or death"
