[Fat soluble vitamins for maintaining bone health]

Clin Calcium. 2009 Sep;19(9):1354-60.
[Article in Japanese]

Abstract

Vitamin D and K are nutrients necessary for bone health. Vitamin D insufficiency, which is milder than vitamin D deficiency to cause rickets and osteomalacia, is associated with increased fracture risk. Serum 25 (OH) D concentration, a good marker for vitamin D status, must be higher than the traditional held consensus of 20 ng/mL for bone health. Daily dose of 800 IU or higher is considered to be necessary for fracture prevention. Recently, much attention has been paid on extra-hepatic actions of vitamin K including bone. Elevated serum concentration of undercarboxylated osteocalcin, a sensitive marker for vitamin K inadequacy in the bone, is a risk factor for fracture independent of bone mineral density.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Biomarkers / blood
  • Fats*
  • Fractures, Bone / etiology
  • Fractures, Bone / prevention & control
  • Humans
  • Osteocalcin / blood
  • Osteomalacia / etiology
  • Rickets / etiology
  • Risk
  • Solubility
  • Vitamin D Deficiency / complications
  • Vitamin D Deficiency / diagnosis
  • Vitamin D* / administration & dosage
  • Vitamin D* / analogs & derivatives
  • Vitamin D* / blood
  • Vitamin K Deficiency / diagnosis
  • Vitamin K* / administration & dosage

Substances

  • Biomarkers
  • Fats
  • Osteocalcin
  • Vitamin K
  • Vitamin D
  • 25-hydroxyvitamin D