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Iron status and associations with physical performance during basic combat training in female New Zealand Army recruits

Body Composition Assessment
Author
N. M. Martin et al.
Used Parameters : BW

Publication Year : 2019

Country : New Zealand

Journal : British Journal of Nutrition

Decreases in Fe status have been reported in military women during initial training periods of 8–10 weeks. The present study aimed to characterise Fe status and associations with physical performance in female New Zealand Army recruits during a 16-week basic combat training (BCT) course. Fe status indicators–Hb, serum ferritin (sFer), soluble transferrin receptor (sTfR), transferrin saturation (TS) and erythrocyte distribution width (RDW)–were assessed at the beginning (baseline) and end of BCT in seventy-six volunteers without Fe …
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