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To date, all studies have been carried out on populations with a low prevalence of lactose malabsorption and the lactose intestinal absorptive capacity was tested using a non-physiological dose of lactose. In fifty-eight Italian postmenopausal women (mean age 57 (SD 7) years), bone mineral density (BMD) at lumbar spine, H<jats:sub>2<\/jats:sub>breath response after ingestion of 20 g lactose, intensity of symptoms of intolerance after a lactose load and daily Ca intake were evaluated. No differences were found between women with or without a positive H<jats:sub>2<\/jats:sub>, breath test with regard to BMD (\u22121\u00b72 (SD 0\u00b79) \u03bd \u22120\u00b79 (SD 0\u00b78)) and Ca intake (509 (SD 266) \u03bd 511 (SD 313) mg\/d). On the contrary, both BMD and Ca intake were significantly lower in women with lactose malabsorption and symptoms of intolerance (\u22121\u00b75 (SD 0\u00b77) and 378 (SD 220) mg\/d) than in those with malabsorption without symptoms (\u22120\u00b79 (SD 0\u00b79) and 624 (SD 254) mg\/d). Moreover, in lactose malabsorbers Ca intake was correlated inversely with symptom score (<jats:italic>r<\/jats:italic><jats:sub>s<\/jats:sub>\u22120\u00b731,<jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>&lt;0\u00b705) and positively with BMD (<jats:italic>r<\/jats:italic><jats:sub>s<\/jats:sub>0\u00b742,<jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>&lt;0\u00b7005). Our results show that in Italian postmenopausal women Ca intake and BMD are not influenced directly by lactose malabsorption; the appearance of symptoms of intolerance seems to influence BMD unfavourably through a reduced Ca intake.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.1079\/bjn19950050","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2005,6,9]],"date-time":"2005-06-09T07:49:51Z","timestamp":1118303391000},"page":"479-487","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":51,"title":["Lactose intolerance and bone mass in postmenopausal Italian women"],"prefix":"10.1017","volume":"73","author":[{"given":"Gino R.","family":"Corazza","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Giuseppe","family":"Benati","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Antonio 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