Calcium and Increased Total Hip Bone Mineral Density

• Effects of Combined Exercise and Calcium/Vitamin D Supplementation on Bone Mineral Density in Postmenopausal Women: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

  • 2025-12-11
  • Meta-Analysis
  • Nutrients 17(24)
  • • Jie Bai
    • Wenrui Huang
    • Ruixiang Yan
    • Xuelian Du

  • PubMed: 41470812
  • DOI: 10.3390/nu17243866

  1 Insight on

  • Increased Total Hip Bone Mineral Density

  • High evidence
  • Rigorous Journal
  • Clinical

  Compared with calcium and vitamin D supplementation alone, combined interventions significantly increased lumbar spine (SMD = 0.31, 95% CI [0.06, 0.55]) and femoral neck BMD (SMD = 0.47, 95% CI [0.09, 0.84])

  Effect

  Beneficial

  Effect size

  Small

  Significant

  Yes

• Efficacy of collagen peptide supplementation on bone and muscle health: a meta-analysis.

  • 2025-09-18
  • Review
  • Frontiers in nutrition 12
  • • Chongxiao Sun
    • Ao Yang
    • Fei Teng
    • Yayi Xia

  • PubMed: 41049371
  • DOI: 10.3389/fnut.2025.1646090

  1 Insight on

  • Increased Total Hip Bone Mineral Density

  • Low evidence

  When collagen was paired with the nutrients vitamin D and calcium, positive synergies were noticed (SMDs 0.40-0.56)

  Effect

  Beneficial

  Effect size

  Moderate

  Significant

  Yes