title: Nutrient intake and psychological and physiological assessment in eumenorrheic and amenorrheic female athletes: a preliminary study.
abstract: The present study showed that amenorrheic athletes (AAs) scored higher on the Eating Attitudes Test (EAT) (p < .05) than eumenorrheic athletes (EAs), indicating more aberrant eating patterns in the first group. Scores on the EAT were inversely correlated with fat intake (p < .05), simple carbohydrate intake (p < .01), and percentage saturation of iron (p < .05) and were positively correlated with total iron binding capacity (p < .01) for the total sample. Physiological assessment of athletes revealed that there were no significant differences between groups in serum lipoproteins, with both EAs and AAs having serum lipid profiles indicative of low cardiovascular risk. Furthermore, low-density lipoprotein cholesterol was the only lipoprotein significantly and positively correlated with serum estradiol levels for the entire sample (p = .01). The present study was in agreement with previous work showing that scores of the EAT represent a primary difference between EAs and AAs; the present study was somewhat different than previous work in that serum lipoproteins were not significantly related to menstrual status.
authors.affiliation: Department of Exercise and Sport Sciences, University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL 33124, USA.
authors.forename: A C
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Perry
authors.forename: L S
authors.initials: LS
authors.lastname: Crane
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Applegate
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Marquez-Sterling
authors.forename: J F
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Signorile
authors.forename: P C
authors.initials: PC
authors.lastname: Miller
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000568:Amenorrhea / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000523:psychology; D004032:Diet; D004435:Eating / Q000523:psychology*; D004958:Estradiol / Q000097:blood; D005080:Exercise Test; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008074:Lipoproteins / Q000097:blood; D009752:Nutritional Status; D013177:Sports / Q000502:physiology* / Q000523:psychology
chemical_list: D008074:Lipoproteins; D004958:Estradiol