Vitamin K and Increased Total Hip Bone Mineral Density

• Influence of Vitamin K on Bone Mineral Density and Osteoporosis.

  • 2020-10-05
  • Review
  • Cureus 12(10)
  • • Abeer O Elshaikh
    • Lisa Shah
    • Christopher Joy Mathew
    • Robert Lee
    • Merin Tresa Jose
    • Ivan Cancarevic

  • PubMed: 33173624
  • DOI: 10.7759/cureus.10816

  3 Insights on

  • Increased Total Hip Bone Mineral Density

  • Low evidence

  some studies revealed that VK might increase bone mineral density and reduce fracture risk in people with osteoporosis

  Effect

  Beneficial

  Effect size

  Small