Bone health among indoor female athletes and associated factors; a cross-sectional study

This study aimed to compare the bone-mineral-density (BMD), vitamin-D (25(OH)D), serum-calcium and serum-phosphorus levels between female athletes engaged in weight-bearing and non-weight-bearing-sport, and to evaluate possible associations among studied variables. Study involved top-level female at...

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Published in:Research in sports medicine 2020-07, Vol.28 (3), p.314-323
Main Authors: Jakse, Bostjan, Sekulic, Damir, Jakse, Barbara, Cuk, Ivan, Sajber, Dorica
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
25-hydroxyvitamin D
Adolescent
Adult
Athletes
Bone Density
Bone mass
calcium
Calcium - metabolism
Child
correlation
Cross-Sectional Studies
Female
Humans
non-weight bearing sports
Phosphorus
Phosphorus - metabolism
Sports - classification
Swimming
Vitamin D - analogs & derivatives
Vitamin D - metabolism
weight bearing sports
Weight-Bearing
Young Adult
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Summary:This study aimed to compare the bone-mineral-density (BMD), vitamin-D (25(OH)D), serum-calcium and serum-phosphorus levels between female athletes engaged in weight-bearing and non-weight-bearing-sport, and to evaluate possible associations among studied variables. Study involved top-level female athletes (age: 16.9 ± 4.4 years) involved in non-weight-bearing- (swimming; n = 14)), and weight-bearing-sport (artistic gymnastic; n = 17). The variables included the BMD of left femoral neck (measured by dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry), 25-hydroxyvitamin D levels (25(OH)D), body height, body mass, body-mass-index, serum-phosphorus, and serum-calcium levels. Sufficiency for 25(OH)D (>75 nmol/L) was observed in 32.3% of the studied athletes (43% and 23% for swimmers and gymnasts, respectively). The studied athletes had appropriate BMD, with higher BMD in gymnasts compared to swimmers (1.24 ± 0.11 and 0.85 ± 0.09 g/cm2; t-test: 10.26, p
ISSN:1543-8627
1543-8635
DOI:10.1080/15438627.2019.1696344