Iron Status in Ultraendurance Triathletes
| Autor: | E. A. Applegate, M. L. O'toole, Pamela S. Douglas, W. D. B. Hiller, H. Iwane |
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| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
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Normal ferritin
business.industry Transferrin saturation Physiology Physical Therapy Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation Normal hemoglobin 030229 sport sciences Iron deficiency medicine.disease 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Medicine Orthopedics and Sports Medicine 030212 general & internal medicine Iron status Low hemoglobin business Dilutional anemia |
| Zdroj: | The Physician and sportsmedicine. 17(12) |
| ISSN: | 0091-3847 |
| Popis: | In brief: Using several hematologic indexes, researchers examined the iron status of 50 ultraendurance athletes participating in the 1988 Ironman Triathlon in Hawaii. Fifteen (30%) of the 50 triathletes had at least one suboptimal iron index: Two exhibited stage 2 iron deficiency in the presence of normal hemoglobin levels; eight had normal ferritin levels but subnormal levels of transferrin saturation and iron; three had abnormal levels of total iron-binding capacity; and two had low hemoglobin levels with all other iron indices normal, which indicated dilutional anemia. These data suggest that several indexes need to be examined when assessing the iron status of triathletes and that unusual values do not necessarily reflect actual iron deficiency. |
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