Vitamin D deficiency in athletes: Laboratory, clinical and field integration

oleh: Tina Shuk-Tin Ip, Sai-Chuen Fu, Michael Tim-Yun Ong, Patrick Shu-Hang Yung

Format: Article
Diterbitkan: Elsevier 2022-07-01

Deskripsi

Vitamin D deficiency is highly prevalent in athletes. Increased utilisation and storage depletion may be key contributing factor. We found a higher prevalence of vitamin D inadequacy (deficiency/ insufficiency) in power than endurance sport athletes, which may be related to vitamin D utilisation and reserve in skeletal muscles.