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Energy availability discriminates clinical menstrual status in exercising women

Jennifer L. Reed, Mary Jane De Souza, Rebecca J. Mallinson, Jennifer L. Scheid, Nancy I. Williams

Journal of the International Society of Sports Nutrition · 2015 · 82 citations · 37 references

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EA did not differ among subclinical forms of menstrual disturbances in a large sample of exercising women, but EA did discriminate clinical menstrual status, i.e., amenorrhea from eumenorrhea.

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