Effects of alcohol use and estrogen on bone.

摘要: In marked contrast with men who drink, women drink alcohol are found, as a group, to have higher bone mass compared abstain. Furthermore, the apparent beneficial effects of use more in postmenopausal than reproductive age, suggesting that there might be an interaction between and estrogen. Estrogen deficiency accompanying menopause leads loss, which turn predisposes osteoporosis later life. accelerates remodeling, is process by small areas destroyed rebuilt, imbalance whereby resorption--the part remodeling consisting breaking down assimilating--exceeds formation. Alcohol reduce loss increasing circulating levels Alternatively, slow acting on cells remodeling. has negative effect immature skeleton but current understanding suggests quantities may older women.