Journal article
Incidence of Iron Deficiency and Iron Deficient Anemia in Elite Runners and Triathletes
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: To assess the incidence of iron deficiency (ID), and iron deficient anemia (IDA) within a cohort of highly trained runners and triathletes, and to examine the association of oral iron supplementation history with serum ferritin (sFe) and hemoglobin (Hb) concentrations.
METHODS: A retrospective analysis of routine blood test data taken from 2009 to 2015 from (n = 38) elite level runners and triathletes between the ages of 21 to 36 …
Authors
Coates A; Mountjoy M; Burr J
Journal
Clinical Journal of Sport Medicine, Vol. 27, No. 5, pp. 493–498
Publisher
Wolters Kluwer
Publication Date
September 2017
DOI
10.1097/jsm.0000000000000390
ISSN
1050-642X