Increased Soy Intake may Reduce Fracture Risk in Postmenopausal Women.

A study conducted in collaboration by Vanderbilt University School of Medicine and Shanghai Cancer Institute, Department of Epidemiology and published in the current issue of Archives of Internal Medicine (165:1890-5, 2005) found that soy consumption appears to reduce the risk of bone fracture among postmenopausal women. Researchers utilized data from the Shanghai Women's Health Study, a cohort of Chinese women aged 40 to 70 years, to analyze the relationship between soy food consumption and fracture risk in 24,403 postmenopausal women over more than 4 1/2 years.

Normal soy food intake was assessed at baseline and during follow-up through in-person interviews using a validated food frequency questionnaire. Outcomes were ascertained by biennial in-person interview surveys. After adjustment for dietary and osteoporosis risk factors, fracture risk was assessed and compared between quintiles of soy protein intake.

Women in the highest quintile of soy protein intake had a 28% reduced risk of fracture as compared to women in the second highest quintile. The inverse association was most pronounced among women who were in early menopause. Researchers concluded that soy food consumption may reduce the risk of fracture in postmenopausal women, particularly among those in the early years following menopause.

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