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Low serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D is associated with increased risk of stress fracture during Royal Marine recruit training
Author(s) -
T. F. DAVEY,
S. A. LanhamNew,
A. M. Shaw,
Beverley J. Hale,
R. Cobley,
J. L. Berry,
María Teresa Soler Roch,
A. J. Allsopp,
Joanne L. Fallowfield
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
osteoporosis international
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.28
H-Index - 170
eISSN - 1433-2965
pISSN - 0937-941X
DOI - 10.1007/s00198-015-3228-5
Subject(s) - medicine , vitamin d and neurology , confidence interval , stress fractures , odds ratio , hip fracture , vitamin d deficiency , parathyroid hormone , incidence (geometry) , physical therapy , osteoporosis , calcium , physics , optics
The aim of this study was to investigate vitamin D status and stress fracture risk during Royal Marine military training. Poor vitamin D status was associated with an increased risk of stress fracture. Vitamin D supplementation may help to reduce stress fracture risk in male military recruits with low vitamin D status.

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