Fractures during growth: Potential role of a milk-free diet

Abstract

Summary: Dietary calcium deficiency may increase fracture risk. In girls, 29.4% of fracture cases and 11.8% of controls without fracture had a history of milk-free diet. The odds ratio (OR) for fracture with a milk-free diet in girls was 4.6, p<0.01. In boys, 23% of cases and 19% of controls had a history of a milk-free diet; OR=1.3, NS). A milk-free diet due to cow's milk allergy is associated with increased fracture risk in girls. Introduction: An intake of calcium below the reference daily intake (RDI) of 800-1200 mg/day during growth is thought to increase fracture risk even though convincing evidence for this view is scarce. The paucity of evidence may be partly due to many trial partic..