ORIGINAL RESEARCH

Prevalence of iron deficiency in adolescent high performance sports

About authors

1 Federal Research and Clinical Center for Children and Adolescents of the Federal Medical Biological Agency, Moscow, Russia

2 The National Medical Research Center for Endocrinology, Moscow, Russia

3 Medical and Biological University of Innovation and Continuing Education of the Federal Medical Biophysical Center named after A. I. Burnazyan of the Federal Medical and Biological Agency of Russia

4 Russian University of Medicine of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation, Moscow, Russia

Correspondence should be addressed: Elena P. Isaeva
Moskvorechye, 20, 115409, Moscow, Russia; ur.liam@4747arod

About paper

Author contribution: Isaeva EP — development of the study protocol, collection of data, processing and interpretation of results, manuscript writing; Okorokov PL — collection of data, interpretation of results, manuscript editing; Zyabkin IV — approval of the study protocol, manuscript editing.

Compliance with ethical standards: the study was approved by the Ethical Committee of the Moscow Medico-Social Institute named after F.P. Gaaz (Protocol No. 4 dated October 04, 2021). Parents/guardians or legal representatives of athletes signed a voluntary consent to participate in the study.

Received: 2024-04-16 Accepted: 2024-05-31 Published online: 2024-06-27
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Table. Prevalence of iron deficiency anemia (IDA) and latent iron deficiency (LID) in highly skilled athletes depending on the type of sports activity