Sex-specific relationships among iron status biomarkers, athletic performance, maturity, and dietary intakes in pre-adolescent and adolescent athletes

• Main Authors: Marni E. Shoemaker (Author), Zachary M. Gillen (Author), Brianna D. Mckay (Author), Nicholas A. Bohannon (Author), Sydney M. Gibson (Author), Karsten Koehler (Author), Joel T. Cramer (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Taylor & Francis Group, 2019-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background The purpose of this study was to examine relationships among biomarkers of iron status, athletic performance, growth and development, and dietary intakes in pre-adolescent and adolescent male and female athletes. Methods Two-hundred and forty-nine male (n = 179) (mean ± standard deviation...