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

Figures & data

Table 1 Demographics, anthropometrics, athletic performance scores, dietary intakes and biomarkers of iron status

Table 2 Pearson product moment correlation coefficient matrix among all variables for composite sample of young athletes

Fig. 1 Scatterplots showing the sex separation of the relationships between athletic performance and biomarkers of iron status. Athletic performance was correlated with Hb in males (closed circles), while athletic performance was related to sTfR in females (open circles), both in the direction that was expected

Availability of data and materials

The datasets used and analyzed for the current study will be made available from the corresponding author upon reasonable request.