Nutrition
Volume 17, Issue 4 , Pages 315-321 , April 2001

Japanese fermented soybean food as the major determinant of the large geographic difference in circulating levels of vitamin K2: possible implications for hip-fracture risk

  • Masao Kaneki, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Geriatric Medicine, University of Tokyo Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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  • Stephen J. Hedges, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Human Metabolism and Clinical Biochemistry, Clinical Science Center, Northern General Hospital, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK
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  • Takayuki Hosoi, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Geriatric Medicine, University of Tokyo Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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  • Saeko Fujiwara, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Clinical Studies, Radiation Effects Research Foundation, Hiroshima, Japan
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  • Anthony Lyons, FRCSEd

      Affiliations

    • Department of Orthopaedic and Accident Surgery, University Hospital, Queen’s Medical Centre, Nottingham, UK
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  • St.John Crean, MBBS, FDSRCS

      Affiliations

    • Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Eastman Dental Institute, London, UK
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  • Nobuhiko Ishida, MD

      Affiliations

    • Umezono Hospital, Tokyo, Japan
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  • Mamoru Nakagawa, BA

      Affiliations

    • Sekisui Chemical Co., Ltd., Osaka, Japan
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  • Masahiro Takechi, BA

      Affiliations

    • Sekisui Chemical Co., Ltd., Osaka, Japan
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  • Yoshihisa Sano, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Drug Metabolism & Pharmacokinetcs, Eisai Co., Ltd., Ibaraki, Japan
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  • Yuzo Mizuno, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Geriatric Medicine, University of Tokyo Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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  • Shinjiro Hoshino, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Geriatric Medicine, University of Tokyo Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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  • Mariko Miyao, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Geriatric Medicine, University of Tokyo Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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  • Satoshi Inoue, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Geriatric Medicine, University of Tokyo Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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  • Kiyomi Horiki, MSc

      Affiliations

    • Department of Geriatric Medicine, University of Tokyo Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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  • Masataka Shiraki, MD

      Affiliations

    • Research Institute and Practice for Involutional Diseases, Nagano, Japan
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  • Yasuyoshi Ouchi, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Geriatric Medicine, University of Tokyo Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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  • Hajime Orimo, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Geriatric Medicine, University of Tokyo Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence to: Takayuki Hosoi, MD, PhD, Endocrinology Section, Tokyo Metropolitan Geriatric Center, 35-2, Sakae-cho, Itabashi-ku, Tokyo 173-0015, Japan

,Accepted 16 October 2000.

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Nutrition
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