Zinc supplementation and bone growth in pubertal girls

Authors
Clark, PJ Eastell, R Barker, ME
Citation
Pj. Clark et al., Zinc supplementation and bone growth in pubertal girls, LANCET, 354(9177), 1999, pp. 485-485
Citations number
5
Categorie Soggetti
General & Internal Medicine","Medical Research General Topics
Journal title
LANCET
ISSN journal
01406736 → ACNP
Volume
354
Issue
9177
Year of publication
1999
Pages
485 - 485
Database
ISI
SICI code
0140-6736(19990807)354:9177<485:ZSABGI>2.0.ZU;2-4
Abstract
We supplemented the diets of 47 peripubertal girls with zinc (15 mg/day) or placebo for 6 weeks. Zinc supplementation increased serum zinc. Insulin-li ke growth factor I and biochemical markers of bone turnover did not change, albeit dietary zinc was below the reference level (in 94% of individuals).