Correlation between cola consumption and bone mineral density among Puerto Ricans living in the greater Boston area (257.7)

Correlation between Cola Consumption and Bone Mineral Density among Puerto Ricans Living in the Greater Boston Area Aziza Jamal-Allial1, Katherine L. Tucker2 1 Health Sciences, Bouve College of Health Sciences; Northeastern University. Boston, MA. 2Clinical Laboratory & Nutritional Sciences, University of Massachusetts Lowell, Lowell, MA. Several studies have investigated the relationship between the consumption of soft drinks and bone mineral density (BMD), but results are conflicting. We aimed to study the effect of soft drink consumption on BMD at 4 hip sites in 273 men and 698 women in the Boston Puerto Rican Osteoporosis Study using dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA). Soft drink intakes were captured by food frequency questionnaire (FFQ). The mean intake of soft drinks was 2.2 ± 4.3 and 1.5 ± 3.0 servings/week, for men and women, respectively. Total intake of cola beverages was significantly associated with lower BMD at the total hip (β= -0.004, P-value 0.002), trochanter (β= -0.003, P-value ...