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Bone Mineral Density in Israeli Female Vegans and Omnivores

Sponsor
Tel-Aviv Sourasky Medical Center (Other)
Overall Status
Unknown status
CT.gov ID
NCT02369289
Collaborator
(none)
240
Enrollment
1
Location

Study Details

Study Description

Brief 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.

Condition or Disease Intervention/Treatment Phase
  • Other: bone mineral density test

Study Design

Study Type:
Observational
Anticipated Enrollment :
240 participants
Observational Model:
Cohort
Official Title:
Bone Mineral Density in Israeli Female Vegans and Omnivores
Study Start Date :
Mar 1, 2015
Anticipated Primary Completion Date :
Feb 1, 2016

Arms and Interventions

Arm Intervention/Treatment
vegans

a vegan diet in the last 3 years

Other: bone mineral density test
omnivores

aminal-based diet, comsumption of aminal products at least 3 times a week

Other: bone mineral density test

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcome Measures

  1. bone mineral density [1 day]

Eligibility Criteria

Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study:
30 Years to 45 Years
Sexes Eligible for Study:
Female
Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Yes
Inclusion Criteria:

  • generaly healthy

  • vegan group: vegan diet for the past 3 years

  • omnivore group: comsumption of animal products at least 3 times a week

Exclusion Criteria:

  • pragnent / breastfeeding women

  • amenorrhea (absence of a menstrual period) for more than 3 months

  • amenorrhea in the past

  • significant underweight in the present/past (BMI < 17.5)

  • taking medicine that affect bone density

  • hypo/hyper thyroidism

  • hypo/hyper parathyroidism

  • smokimg in the past 10 years

  • over consumption of alcohol (more than 7 units a week)

Contacts and Locations

Locations

Site City State Country Postal Code
1 Clinical Nutrition Unit, Sourasky Medical Center Tel Aviv Israel 64239

Sponsors and Collaborators

  • Tel-Aviv Sourasky Medical Center

Investigators

None specified.

Study Documents (Full-Text)

None provided.

More Information

Publications

None provided.
Responsible Party:
Tel-Aviv Sourasky Medical Center
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
NCT02369289
Other Study ID Numbers:
  • 0013-15-TLV
First Posted:
Feb 23, 2015
Last Update Posted:
Feb 23, 2015
Last Verified:
Feb 1, 2015

Study Results

No Results Posted as of Feb 23, 2015