Abstract
This study was performed to investigate the nutritional status, iron deficiency related blood parameters and immunoglobulin status of female soccer players. Twenty nine Korean national soccer players participated in the study. The mean age of the subjects was 22.1±2.6 years old. Their mean carrier as soccer player was 12.0±2.9 years. They were exercising regularly for 7.0±1.3 hr/day. Their mean height was 164.9±5.61 cm and mean weight was 53.5±4.81 kg. Mean iron intakes of the subjects was low (13.1±2.5 mg/d) and was 72.4% of Korean RDA. Most hematological iron indices were within normal range, except total iron binding capacity(TIBC) that was in the iron deficient range. When iron deficient group and normal group were separated by serum ferritin level(10㎍/l or ≥10㎍/l), low ferritin group(n=8) had significantly lower hemoglobin, mean corpuscular volume(MCV), mean corpuscular hemoglobin(MCH), serum iron and ferritin levels and significantly higher TIBC than normal group(n=21). Immunoglobulin levels were within a normal range, and those values were not affected by low ferritin concentration.
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