The study was carried to investigate the effects of a long term calcium upon blood lipid metabolism in athletes,
The effects of calcium supplementation and hematological variables which are related to calcium metabolism, Subjects(N=30), who were 30 m...
The study was carried to investigate the effects of a long term calcium upon blood lipid metabolism in athletes,
The effects of calcium supplementation and hematological variables which are related to calcium metabolism, Subjects(N=30), who were 30 males of athletes, were randomly assigned to two group(placebo group, N=15, experimental group N= 15.
Each subject in experimental group was ingested a tablet containing 500mg of calcium three times a day for 8 weeks.
Hematological variable were measured pre and post 2, 4, 6, 8 weeks after the tablets ingestion.
The results through the statiscal analysis of blood components, calcium, tatal-cholesterol, HDL-C, LDL-C, Total-cholesterol/HDL-C, in lipid components were as follow;
1) Serum calcium was significantly increased in calcium croup after 2 weeks and maintained through out the entire experimental period(P<0.75), while showed no significant change in placebo group.
There were significant differences between two group(calcium croup, placebo group).
2) Total cholesterol was decreased after 2, 4, 6, 8 weeks in Calcium group but there was no significantly decreased in placebo group.
3) LDL-C was significantly decreased in calcium group after 2 weeks and maintained through out the entire experimental period(P<0.05), but there was no significantly decreased in placebo group.
There were significant differences between two group(calcium group, placebo group).
4) HDL-C was significantly increased in calcium group after 4 weeks and maintained through out the entire experimental period(P<0.05), while showed no significant change in placebo group.
There were significant differences between two group(calcium group, placebo croup).
5) TC/HDL-C was decreased after 2, 4, 6, 8 weeks in calcium group but there was no significantly decreased in placebo croup .
There were significant differences between two group (P<0.05).