Prevalence of anemia and iron deficiency and its association with body mass index in elite Japanese high school long-distance runners

CONCLUSION: In Japanese high school LDRs, one in six males was anemic, but most males did not have ID. Conversely, one-third of females were diagnosed with ID. Lower BMI was identified as a risk for anemia in females, suggesting that leanness may also lead to anemia in females.PMID:37795704 | DOI:10.1080/00913847.2023.2267561

Source: The Physician and Sportsmedicine Online - October 5, 2023 Category: Sports Medicine Authors: Shogo Tabata Yuka Tsukahara Hiroshi Kamada Tomohiro Manabe Fumihiro Yamasawa Source Type: research