Trials / Unknown
UnknownNCT02369289
Bone Mineral Density in Israeli Female Vegans and Omnivores
- Status
- Unknown
- Phase
- —
- Study type
- Observational
- Enrollment
- 240 (estimated)
- Sponsor
- Tel-Aviv Sourasky Medical Center · Other Government
- Sex
- Female
- Age
- 30 Years – 45 Years
- Healthy volunteers
- Accepted
Summary
A vegan diet is more and more prevalent in the general population in Israel in recent years. There have been some concerens that a vegan diet may lack in bone-health related nutrients (such as calcium, protein and vitamin D), and therefore may cause a decreased bone mineral density. The study aims to compare bome mineral density and other biochemical bone health parameters in vegan and omnivore non-menopausal Israely females.
Conditions
Interventions
| Type | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| OTHER | bone mineral density test |
Timeline
- Start date
- 2015-03-01
- Primary completion
- 2016-02-01
- First posted
- 2015-02-23
- Last updated
- 2015-02-23
Locations
1 site across 1 country: Israel
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