Ryan-Harshman Milly, Aldoori Walid
FEAST Enterprises, Oshawa, Ont.
Can Fam Physician. 2004 Jul;50:993-7.
To assess growing evidence that vitamin K (phylloquinone) plays an important role in bone health and, subsequently, in prevention of osteoporotic fractures.
We searched MEDLINE from January 1972 to December 2002 using the key words vitamin K and bone health. We reviewed 30 articles that seemed relevant or had a human focus. All evidence can be categorized as level II.
Evidence suggests that dietary phylloquinone intake of <100 microg daily might not be optimal for bone health. Low intake of vitamin K could contribute to osteoporosis and subsequent fracture due to the undercarboxylation of osteocalcin.
Family physicians need to be aware of the importance of encouraging adequate vitamin K intake, particularly among institutionalized elderly people, to prevent increased bone resorption. Further study is needed to determine the exact role of vitamin K in bone metabolism, and methods of assessing vitamin K requirements need to be standardized.
评估越来越多的证据,即维生素K(叶绿醌)在骨骼健康以及随后预防骨质疏松性骨折中发挥重要作用。
我们使用关键词“维生素K”和“骨骼健康”在1972年1月至2002年12月期间检索了MEDLINE数据库。我们审查了30篇似乎相关或以人为研究对象的文章。所有证据均可归类为二级证据。
有证据表明,每日膳食中叶绿醌摄入量低于100微克可能对骨骼健康并非最佳。由于骨钙素羧化不足,维生素K摄入量低可能导致骨质疏松症及随后的骨折。
家庭医生需要意识到鼓励充足摄入维生素K的重要性,特别是在机构养老的老年人中,以防止骨吸收增加。需要进一步研究以确定维生素K在骨代谢中的确切作用,并且评估维生素K需求的方法需要标准化。