Nutrition & Metabolism

Table 4 Gender partitioned mean ± Sd of ferritin by running distance

From: Iron, folate and vitamin B₁₂ status of Ethiopian professional runners

Distance category	Ferritin (male, n = 57)	Ferritin (female, n = 44)
Short distance (100–400 m)	171 ± 1.5^a	52.0 ± 2.1^a
Middle distance (800–1500 m)	72 ± 2.2^b	39.0 ± 2.2^a
Steeple chase (3 km)	111 ± 1.8^ab	64.0 ± 1.6^a
Long distance (5 & 10 km)	124 ± 1.8^ab	67.6 ± 2.3^a
Marathon (42.2 km)	65 ± 2.2^b	41.4 ± 1.1^a

If any significance (p<0.05) observed in ferritin level by distance category either for male or female athletes, so it is superscripted in different letter

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