Within-day energy deficiency and reproductive function in female endurance athletes

Ida Lysdahl Fahrenholtz, Anders Mikael Sjödin, Dan Benardot, Åsa Tornberg, Sven O. Skouby, Jens Faber, Jorunn Sundgot-Borgen, Anna Katarina Melin

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Abstract

We aimed to estimate and compare within-day energy balance (WDEB) in athletes with eumenorrhea and menstrual dysfunction (MD) with similar 24-hour energy availability/energy balance (EA/EB). Furthermore, to investigate whether within-day energy deficiency is associated with resting metabolic rate (RMR), body composition, S-cortisol, estradiol, T3, and fasting blood glucose. We reanalyzed 7-day dietary intake and energy expenditure data in 25 elite endurance athletes with eumenorrhea (n = 10) and MD (n = 15) from a group of 45 subjects where those with disordered eating behaviors (n = 11), MD not related to low EA (n = 5), and low dietary record validity (n = 4) had been excluded. Besides gynecological examination and disordered eating evaluation, the protocol included RMR measurement; assessment of body composition by dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry, blood plasma analysis, and calculation of WDEB in 1-hour intervals. Subjects with MD spent more hours in a catabolic state compared to eumenorrheic athletes; WDEB < 0 kcal: 23.0 hour (20.8-23.4) vs 21.1 hour (4.7-22.3), P =.048; WDEB < −300 kcal: 21.8 hour (17.8-22.4) vs 17.6 hour (3.9-20.9), P =.043, although similar 24-hour EA: 35.6 (11.6) vs 41.3 (12.7) kcal/kg FFM/d, (P =.269), and EB: −659 (551) vs −313 (596) kcal/d, (P =.160). Hours with WDEB <0 kcal and <−300 kcal were inversely associated with RMRratio (r = −.487, P =.013, r = −.472, P =.018), and estradiol (r = −.433, P =.034, r = −.516, P =.009), and positively associated with cortisol (r =.442, P =.027, r =.463, P =.019). In conclusion, although similar 24-hour EA/EB, the reanalysis revealed that MD athletes spent more time in a catabolic state compared to eumenorrheic athletes. Within-day energy deficiency was associated with clinical markers of metabolic disturbances.

OriginalsprogEngelsk
TidsskriftScandinavian Journal of Medicine & Science in Sports
Vol/bind28
Udgave nummer3
Sider (fra-til)1139-1146
Antal sider8
ISSN0905-7188
DOI
StatusUdgivet - mar. 2018

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