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ba0005p353 | Osteoporosis: pathophysiology and epidemiology | ECTS2016

Dietary potassium intake is beneficial to bone health in Korean adults with low dietary calcium intake: the Korean National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (KNHANES) (2008–2011)

Kim Jung Hee , Kong Sung Hye , Hong A Ram , Lee Ji Hyun , Kim Sang Wan , Shin Chan Soo

Nutrition is a major modifiable factor that affects bone health. Dietary potassium may act as an alkaline source by neutralizing the acid load and reducing calcium loss from bone.We aimed to evaluate the association between dietary potassium intake and bone mineral density (BMD) in the Korean population. We analyzed data from the Korean National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (KNHANES) A total of 3135 men aged >50 years and 4052 postmenopaus...