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RETRACTED ARTICLE: Oolong Tea Drinking Could Help Prevent Bone Loss in Postmenopausal Han Chinese Women

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An Erratum to this article was published on 06 August 2014

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The aim of this study was to analyze the relationship between oolong tea drinking and bone mineral density in postmenopausal Han Chinese women, while living and diet habits, fertility, disease elements and other baseline conditions were controlled. One group included 124 cases who routinely drank oolong tea, and the other included 556 who did not drink tea. Data were collected on participant age, lifestyle habits, fertility condition, disease elements, and lumbar, and hip bone densities. It was found that the bone densities of the greater trochanteric bone in tea drinkers were higher (0.793 ± 0.119 kg/cm2) than that in non-tea drinkers (0.759 ± 0.116 kg/cm2, F = 6.248, p = 0.013). Similarly, the bone density of Ward’s triangular bone in tea drinkers was higher (0.668 ± 0.133 kg/cm2) than that in non-tea drinkers (0.637 ± 0.135 kg/cm2, F = 6.152, p = 0.013). Oolong tea drinking could help prevent bone loss in postmenopausal Chinese women.

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  1. Radiology Department X-Ray Room, Linyi People’s Hospital, Shandong, China

    Guibin Wang & Huanli Zhao

  2. Department of Surgery, Linyi People’s Hospital, Shandong, China

    Liu Hongmei Liu

  3. Department of Endocrinology, Linyi People’s Hospital, Shandong, China

    Fengfang Zhang

  4. Department of Orthopedics, Linyi People’s Hospital, Shandong, China

    Zhenchun Zhang & Shufa Li

  5. Department of Rheumatology, Linyi People’s Hospital, Shandong, China

    Yang Chen

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Upon the request of the authors, the Editor-in-Chief retracts this paper and its erratum, as the authors have confirmed that they had included material for which they had not obtained the required rights and permissions.

Guibin Wang, Hongmei Liu, Zhenchun Zhang, Fengfang Zhang, Shufa Li, Yang Chen, Huanli Zhao (2014). Oolong tea drinking could help prevent bone loss in postmenopausal Han Chinese women. Cell Biochemistry and Biophysics 70(2): 1289–1293. Doi: 10.1007/s12013-014-0053-y.

Wang, G., Liu, H., Zhao, H. et al. (2014). Erratum to: Oolong tea drinking could help prevent bone loss in postmenopausal Han Chinese women. Cell Biochemistry and Biophysics 70: 1295. Doi:10.1007/s12013-014-0171-6.

An erratum to this article is available at http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12013-017-0802-9.

An erratum to this article is available at http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12013-014-0171-6.

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Wang, G., Liu, L.H., Zhang, Z. et al. RETRACTED ARTICLE: Oolong Tea Drinking Could Help Prevent Bone Loss in Postmenopausal Han Chinese Women. Cell Biochem Biophys 70, 1289–1293 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12013-014-0053-y

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