Effects of deployment on diet quality and nutritional status markers of elite U.S. Army special operations forces soldiers

Table 2 Change in markers of nutritional status following combat deployment among elite U.S. Army Special Operations soldiers (mean ± SD)

	n = 50
	Baseline	Post-Deployment	Change	P
Vitamin D Status
25-OH Vitamin D^a (nmol/L)	87.3 ± 25.8	89.3 ± 26.5	2.0 ± 23.4	0.55
Parathyroid Hormone (pmol/L)	3.4 ± 1.6	3.8 ± 1.4	0.4 ± 1.4	0.04
Iron Status
Ferritin (pmol/L)	385 ± 173	354 ± 161	−31.0 ± 101	0.03
Soluble Transferrin Receptor (nmol/L)	16.3 ± 3.7	17.1 ± 3.5	0.8 ± 2.2	0.01
Transferrin Saturation (%)	39 ± 14	40 ± 14	1 ± 15	0.78
Hepcidin (nmol/L)	6.4 ± 5.4	6.0 ± 3.8	−0.4 ± 4.9	0.61
Glucose and Lipid Status
Glucose (mmol/L)	5.06 ± 0.35	5.07 ± 0.30	0.00 ± 0.40	0.94
Total Cholesterol (mmol/L)	5.00 ± 0.99	5.01 ± 0.90	0.01 ± 0.62	0.89
HDL^a (mmol/L)	1.47 ± 0.30	1.43 ± 0.29	−0.03 ± 0.18	0.23
LDL^a (mmol/L)	3.07 ± 0.84	3.13 ± 0.72	0.07 ± 0.54	0.40
Triglycerides (mmol/L)	1.01 ± 0.50	0.96 ± 0.57	−0.05 ± 0.46	0.46

^a Abbreviations: 25-OH Vitamin D 25-hydroxy vitamin D, HDL high density lipoprotein, LDL low density lipoprotein

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