Dietary Calcium but Not Elemental Calcium from Supplements Is Associated with Body Composition and Obesity in Chinese Women

Lina Huang; Jingyi Xue; Ying He; Jian Wang; Changhao Sun; Rennan Feng; Jianhua Teng; Yonghan He; Ying Li

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0027703

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Dietary Calcium but Not Elemental Calcium from Supplements Is Associated with Body Composition and Obesity in Chinese Women

Lina Huang ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Lina Huang, Jingyi Xue

Affiliation Department of Nutrition and Food Hygiene, School of Public Health, Harbin Medical University, Harbin, People's Republic of China
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Jingyi Xue ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Lina Huang, Jingyi Xue

Affiliation Department of Cardiology, First Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University, Harbin, People's Republic of China
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Ying He,

Affiliation Department of Nutrition and Food Hygiene, School of Public Health, Harbin Medical University, Harbin, People's Republic of China
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Jian Wang,

Affiliation Center for Disease Control and Prevention of Harbin, Harbin, People's Republic of China
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Changhao Sun,

Affiliation Department of Nutrition and Food Hygiene, School of Public Health, Harbin Medical University, Harbin, People's Republic of China
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Rennan Feng,

Affiliation Department of Nutrition and Food Hygiene, School of Public Health, Harbin Medical University, Harbin, People's Republic of China
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Jianhua Teng,

Affiliation Department of Nutrition and Food Hygiene, School of Public Health, Harbin Medical University, Harbin, People's Republic of China
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Yonghan He,

Affiliation Department of Nutrition and Food Hygiene, School of Public Health, Harbin Medical University, Harbin, People's Republic of China
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Ying Li

* E-mail: liying_helen@163.com

Affiliation Department of Nutrition and Food Hygiene, School of Public Health, Harbin Medical University, Harbin, People's Republic of China
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Dietary Calcium but Not Elemental Calcium from Supplements Is Associated with Body Composition and Obesity in Chinese Women

Lina Huang,
Jingyi Xue,
Ying He,
Jian Wang,
Changhao Sun,
Rennan Feng,
Jianhua Teng,
Yonghan He,
Ying Li

Published: December 7, 2011
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0027703

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