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subclinical deficiency

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subclinical deficiency,
in orthomolecular medicine, deficiency of a nutrient sufficient to affect health but not severe enough to cause classic deficiency symptoms.

subclinical deficiency,
n in orthomolecular medicine, a nutritional deficiency not yet displaying classical deficiency symptoms.


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Dietary changes in the past century have lowered the consumption of omega-3 to a state of subclinical deficiency that is epidemiologically related to cardiovascular disease, inflammatory disorders, mental and psychiatric diseases and suboptimal neurodevelopment.
The causes of subclinical deficiency are also not well understood in many cases.
c Laboratory tests are used to detect subclinical deficiency states or to confirm a clinical diagnosis.
 
 
 
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