Table 2.
Laboratory results of the indoor and outdoor athletes
| All athletes
(n=48) |
Indoor athletes
(n=21) |
Outdoor athletes
(n=27) |
P Value | |
| S-25(OH) D, ng/mL | 20.7±6.3 | 15.3±3.3
(8.8–20.8) |
24.9±4.5
(16.9–33.1) |
<0.001♰ |
| equal to or above 30 ng/mL | 4/48 | 0/21 (0%) | 4/27
(14.8%) |
NS* |
| less than 30 ng/ml | 20/48 | 2/21 | 18/27 | <0.001* |
| but not less than 20 ng/ml | (9.5%) | (66.7%) | ||
| less than 20 ng/mL | 24/48 | 19/21
(90.5%) |
5/27
(18.5%) |
<0.001* |
| S-Calcium, mg/dL | 9.78±0.35 | 9.67±0.28 | 9.86±0.35 | <0.05♰ |
| S-Phosphorus, mg/dL | 3.47±0.50 | 3.54±0.46 | 3.41±0.52 | NS♰ |
The values are given as means±standard deviation.
♰ Stundent’s t-test.
* Chi-squared test.
NS: not significant