Michale Shindle, MD, a member of Summit Medical Group, led the study. The researchers identified 89 football players from the same National Football League team and conducted laboratory testing of vitamin D levels in the spring of 2010.
There were 27 players who had deficient vitamin D levels and another 45 players who had levels consistent with insufficiency. The average vitamin D level for white players was 30.3 ng/mL while the mean for black players was 20.4 ng/mL. There were 16 players who suffered a muscle injury with an average vitamin D level of 19.9 ng/mL.
Read the release about professional football players.
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