Effect of an acute exercise on early responses of iron and iron regulatory proteins in young female basketball players

Table 3 Changes in iron metabolism status during acute exercise

Parameter	Pre-exercise	Post-exercise	3 h Recovery	d Cohen
Parameter	Pre-exercise	Post-exercise	3 h Recovery	Pre-exercise vs Post-exercise	Pre-exercise vs 3 h Recovery	Post-exercise vs 3 h Recovery
Fe (µg x dL⁻¹)	105.28 ± 38.38	135.06 ± 57.72^a	101.18 ± 30.45^c	0.62	0.12	0.77
Hepcidin (ng x dL⁻¹)	16.01 ± 2.41	14.55 ± 1.95	15.16 ± 2.12	0.67	0.38	0.30
IL-6 (pg x mL⁻¹)	1.77 ± 0.22	1.86 ± 0.17	1.68 ± 0.17	0.46	0.46	1.06
Transferin (mg x mL⁻¹)	14.08 ± 0.33	14.14 ± 0.27	14.06 ± 0.32	0.20	0.06	0.27
TIBC (µg x dL⁻¹)	335.86 ± 59.16	373.84 ± 90.88	322.89 ± 69.11^c	0.51	0.20	0.64
Transferin saturation (%)	33 ± 14	40 ± 19^a	32 ± 9	0.17	0.09	0.57
Myoglobin (ng x dL⁻¹)	20.11 ± 5.26	22.07 ± 5.96^a	26.62 ± 7.40^b,c	0.35	1.03	0.68
Lactoferrin (ng x mL⁻¹)	136.46 ± 20.26	86.54 ± 6.73	86.20 ± 5.51	3.70	3.90	0.06
Hemopexin (ng x mL⁻¹)	902.88 ± 642.85	906.31 ± 706.31	918.07 ± 752.40	0.01	0.02	0.02
LDH (U x L)	266.47 ± 32.28	280.26 ± 46.01^a	264.49 ± 29.75^c	0.35	0.06	0.42
Ferritin (ng x mL⁻¹)	90.78 ± 13.99	91.68 ± 15.20	89.54 ± 14.89	0.06	0.09	0.14
UIBC	237.45 ± 75.62	239.33 ± 98.18	218.13 ± 74.87	0.02	0.26	0.25

Values are presented as the mean ± SD
TIBC, total iron-binding capacity; LDH, lactate dehydrogenase; UIBC, unsaturated iron-binding capacity
^aPre-exercise vs. Post-exercise
^bPre-exercise vs. Recovery
^cPost-exercise vs. Recovery (p < 0.05)
Effect size (Cohen`s d): 0.2 = small; 0.5 = medium; 0.8 = large

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