The role of calcium in health and disease

A Clinical Trial of the Effects of Dietary Patterns on Blood Pressure

1997 • 5,637 citations

Vitamin D₃and Calcium to Prevent Hip Fractures in Elderly Women

1992 • 2,963 citations

Cloning and characterization of an extracellular Ca2+-sensing receptor from bovine parathyroid

1993 • 2,625 citations

Effect of Calcium and Vitamin D Supplementation on Bone Density in Men and Women 65 Years of Age or Older

1997 • 2,320 citations

Dietary Reference Intakes for Calcium, Phosphorus, Magnesium, Vitamin D, and Fluoride

1997 • 1,443 citations

The worldwide problem of osteoporosis: Insights afforded by epidemiology

1995 • 1,390 citations

A Prospective Study of Dietary Calcium and Other Nutrients and the Risk of Symptomatic Kidney Stones

1993 • 1,176 citations

Do Sunlight and Vitamin D Reduce the Likelihood of Colon Cancer?

1980 • 879 citations

Bone Gain in Young Adult Women

1992 • 801 citations

Maternal-Fetal Calcium and Bone Metabolism During Pregnancy, Puerperium, and Lactation*

1997 • 731 citations

Comparison of Dietary Calcium with Supplemental Calcium and Other Nutrients as Factors Affecting the Risk for Kidney Stones in Women

1997 • 724 citations

Trial of Calcium to Prevent Preeclampsia

1997 • 612 citations

Antiproliferative effects of 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3 on primary cultures of human prostatic cells.

1994 • 489 citations

Cloning and functional expression of a rat kidney extracellular calcium/polyvalent cation-sensing receptor.

1995 • 469 citations

A longitudinal study of calcium homeostasis during human pregnancy and lactation and after resumption of menses

1998 • 460 citations

DIETARY CALCIUM AND RISK OF HIP FRACTURE: 14-YEAR PROSPECTIVE POPULATION STUDY

1988 • 388 citations

Effects of nitrogen, phosphorus, and caffeine on calcium balance in women.

1982 • 378 citations

Calcium absorption in women: Relationships to Calcium intake, Estrogen status, and age

1989 • 375 citations

Calcium

1998 • 366 citations

Calcium and fructose intake in relation to risk of prostate cancer.

1998 • 362 citations

Calcium balance during human growth: evidence for threshold behavior

1992 • 357 citations

Changes in Bone Density With Lactation

1993 • 353 citations

Excess Dietary Protein Can Adversely Affect Bone

1998 • 343 citations

The Effect of Calcium Supplementation on Bone Density during Lactation and after Weaning

1997 • 319 citations

Calcium metabolism in pregnancy and the perinatal period: A review

1985 • 312 citations

The hunger for salt

1982 • 297 citations

Bone Mass and the Risk of Breast Cancer among Postmenopausal Women

1997 • 287 citations

The bone-remodeling transient: Implications for the interpretation of clinical studies of bone mass change

1994 • 287 citations

Alendronate Prevents Postmenopausal Bone Loss in Women without Osteoporosis: A Double-Blind, Randomized, Controlled Trial

1998 • 271 citations

Nutritional Factors in Osteoporosis

1993 • 254 citations

Calcium potentiates the effect of estrogen and calcitonin on bone mass: review and analysis

1998 • 250 citations

Nutritional Aspects of Osteoporosis

1998 • 249 citations

Human lactation: Forearm trabecular bone loss, increased bone turnover, and renal conservation of calcium and inorganic phosphate with recovery of bone mass following weaning

1990 • 246 citations

Evidence for an interaction between calcium intake and physical activity on changes in bone mineral density

1996 • 236 citations

Calcium carbonate and the premenstrual syndrome:Effects on premenstrual and menstrual symptoms.

2001 • 222 citations

Changing Phosphorus Content of the U.S. Diet: Potential for Adverse Effects on Bone

1996 • 217 citations

Calcium requirements of lactating Gambian mothers: effects of a calcium supplement on breast-milk calcium concentration, maternal bone mineral content, and urinary calcium excretion

1995 • 217 citations

Urinary calcium, sodium, and bone mass of young females

1995 • 215 citations

Consumption of Calcium in the U.S.: Food Sources and Intake Levels

1994 • 215 citations

1,25(OH)2 vitamin D3 sites of action in the brain

1987 • 213 citations

Effect of Calcium Supplementation on Pregnancy-Induced Hypertension and Preeclampsia

1996 • 213 citations

Calcium metabolism and calcium requirements during skeletal modeling and consolidation of bone mass

1991 • 213 citations

Calcium absorbability from spinach

1988 • 211 citations

Intestinal Calcium Absorption: Mechanisms and Applications

1987 • 205 citations

The skeleton as an ion exchange system: Implications for the role of acid-base imbalance in the genesis of osteoporosis

1995 • 203 citations

Soybean phytate content: effect on calcium absorption

1991 • 201 citations

Persistently Elevated Parathyroid Hormone Secretion and Action in Young Women after Four Weeks of Ingesting High Phosphorus, Low Calcium Diets*

1990 • 201 citations

Calcium and iron absorption: mechanism of action and nutritional importance.

1992 • 198 citations

Dietary protein affects intestinal calcium absorption

1998 • 196 citations

Changes in bone mineral density and markers of bone remodeling during lactation and postweaning in women consuming high amounts of calcium

1995 • 187 citations

Long term effect of calcium supplementation during pregnancy on the blood pressure of offspring: follow up of a randomised controlled trial

1997 • 176 citations

Nutritional Hypophosphatemic Rickets in a Premature Infant Fed Breast Milk

1979 • 174 citations

An investigation of sources of variation in calcium absorption efficiency.

1995 • 172 citations

Dietary calcium, protein, and phosphorus are related to bone mineral density and content in young women

1998 • 166 citations

DIETARY CALCIUM INTAKE AS A MITIGATING FACTOR IN COLON CANCER

1988 • 160 citations

Can colon cancer incidence and death rates be reduced with calcium and vitamin D?

1991 • 159 citations

Modulation of Abnormal Colonic Epithelial Cell Proliferation and Differentiation by Low-Fat Dairy Foods

1998 • 155 citations

Calcium in evolutionary perspective

1991 • 154 citations

Calcium supplementation and bone loss: a review of controlled clinical trials

1991 • 153 citations

Calcium-regulating hormones and osteocalcin levels during pregnancy: A longitudinal study

1991 • 152 citations

Physiology and Pharmacology of Bone

1993 • 150 citations

Changes in Bone Mineral Content in Male Athletes

1996 • 147 citations

Nicotine and Tourettes Syndrome

1989 • 143 citations

1,25-dihydroxy-16-ene-23-yne-vitamin d3 and prostate cancer cell proliferation in vivo

1995 • 134 citations

REPRODUCTIVE HISTORY AND POSTMENOPAUSAL RISK OF HIP AND FOREARM FRACTURE

1986 • 133 citations

Effect of calcium supplementation on daily nonheme-iron absorption and long-term iron status

1998 • 133 citations

Biochemical markers of bone turnover in lactating and nonlactating postpartum women.

1995 • 132 citations

Dietary calcium and manganese effects on menstrual cycle symptoms

1993 • 129 citations

Excess Dietary Protein May Not Adversely Affect Bone

1998 • 128 citations

Teenage and Current Calcium Intake Are Related to Bone Mineral Density of the Hip and Forearm in Women Aged 30-39 Years

1995 • 122 citations

Osteoporosis in pregnancy

1996 • 121 citations

Calcium absorption from kale

1990 • 119 citations

Serum Parathyroid Hormone (PTH) in Pregnant Women Determined by an Immunoradiometric Assay for Intact PTH

1988 • 118 citations

New insights into the cellular, biochemical, and molecular basis of postmenopausal and senile osteoporosis: Roles of IL-6 and gp130

1995 • 117 citations

Hypercalciuria and Stones

1991 • 117 citations

Localization of calcium receptor mRNA in the adult rat central nervous system by in situ hybridization

1997 • 117 citations

Bone histology and mineral homeostasis in human pregnancy

1988 • 112 citations

The association of calcium and vitamin D, and colon and rectal cancer in Wisconsin women

1998 • 112 citations

Intestinal calcium absorption of women during lactation and after weaning

1996 • 109 citations

Maternal calcium requirements during pregnancy and lactation

1994 • 108 citations

Protein intake and the calcium economy

1993 • 107 citations

A specific appetite for calcium in domestic chickens

1971 • 105 citations

A prospective study of bone density and pregnancy after an extended period of lactation with bone loss

1995 • 102 citations

Calcium kinetics in lactating women with low and high calcium intakes

1994 • 84 citations

Role of calciotrophic hormones in calcium mobilization of lactation

1998 • 81 citations

The evaluation of the scientific evidence for a relationship between calcium and hypertension.

1995 • 71 citations

The Role of Calcium Intake in Preventing Bone Fragility, Hypertension, and Certain Cancers ,

1994 • 66 citations

Effect of calcium supplements and stage of lactation on the calcium absorption efficiency of lactating women accustomed to low calcium intakes

1995 • 63 citations

Sodium Excretion Influences Calcium Homeostasis in Elderly Men and Women

1996 • 62 citations

Vitamin D deficiency: a concern in pregnant Asian women

1995 • 62 citations

Calcium-regulating hormones across the menstrual cycle: evidence of a secondary hyperparathyroidism in women with PMS.

1995 • 62 citations

Dietary calcium, calcium supplementation, and blood pressure in African American adolescents

1998 • 61 citations

The behaviour of calcium‐deficient chickens

1966 • 61 citations

Calcium intake: covariates and confounders

1991 • 60 citations

Serum ionized calcium and intact parathyroid hormone levels during pregnancy and postpartum

1990 • 60 citations

Changing phosphorus content of the US diet: potential for adverse effects on bone. J Nutr 126:1168S-1180S

1996 • 59 citations

Calcium supplementation and plasma ferritin concentrations in premenopausal women

1992 • 57 citations

An association between osteoporosis and premenstrual symptoms and postmenopausal symptoms

1994 • 56 citations

Effects of calcium supplementation and lactation on iron status

1998 • 54 citations

Changes in calcium kinetics associated with menarche.

1996 • 46 citations

Vascular actions of the calcium-regulating hormones.

1995 • 44 citations

Mineral and vitamin D adequacy ininfants fed human milk or formula between 6 and 12 months of age

1990 • 43 citations

Calcium deprivation increases salt intake

1990 • 39 citations

Calcium and carcinogenesis of the mammary gland

1991 • 37 citations

Calcium nutrition and its implications for osteoporosis. Part I. Children and healthy adults.

1994 • 32 citations

Reduced Bone Mass in Women With Premenstrual Syndrome

1995 • 29 citations

Urinary calcium excretion in treated and untreated essential hypertension.

1996 • 27 citations

The prevention and management of pre-eclampsia and eclampsia

1998 • 27 citations

Dermal, intestinal, and renal obligatory losses of calcium: relation to skeletal calcium loss

1991 • 24 citations

Self-selection of calcium during pregnancy and lactation in rats

1987 • 23 citations

The relation between bone mineral density and early pregnancy loss

1992 • 20 citations

Calcium intake by rats: influence of parathyroid hormone, calcitonin, and 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D

1998 • 19 citations

Calcium Homeostasis

1993 • 19 citations

Ingestion of calcium solutions by common marmosets (Callithrix jacchus)

1999 • 18 citations

Calcium and osteoporosis.

1988 • 18 citations

Low Calcium Intake: The Culprit in Many Chronic Diseases

1994 • 16 citations

Calcium intake and blood pressure: epidemiology revisited.

1995 • 16 citations

The ingestion of calcium in female and male rats

1991 • 15 citations

Vitamin D: Is the brain a target?

1987 • 12 citations

Calcium Nutrition: Strategies for Maximal Bone Mass

1997 • 12 citations