Nitrates ‘have no effect’ on BMD in postmenopausal women

Earlier influential research reporting benefit has been retracted, the authors note
Reuters Health Staff writer
DEXA machine - used to measure BMD

Oral nitrate therapy does not affect postmenopausal bone density or turnover, according to results from a clinical trial.

The findings support the retraction for scientific misconduct of an influential earlier study which found “strikingly positive results”, the authors say.