Determination Of Anemia Iron Folate And Vitamin Bi2 Status And Their Association With The Performance Of Ethiopian Professional Athletes

Better macro and micro nutrient status and their adequate intake of athletes has great role inrnbalancing losses associated with strenuous exercise, then for better pe rformance . The aim of thernstudy was to determine anemia. iron, folate and vitamin BI2 status of Ethiopian professionalrnathletes and to fi nd if any association between body biochemical status and the ir performance. Arncross sectional study was conducted using a convenient sample of 101 Ethiopian professionalrnathletes from the period of February to April 20 14. Biochemical samples, performance data, 24rnhour dietary divers ity and weekly food frequency were collected. The low, medium, and highrndietary diversity tcrci les were 36. 1, 60.9 and 3.3% respectively. The mean ± SD of dietaryrndivers ity was 5.44 ± 1. 8. Prevalence of iron overload (Serum ferr itin >200 nglml) was 11 %,rnwhereas that of anemia and iron defic iency was 3% and 15%, respectively. The prevalence ofrnmoderate fo late defic iency was 20.8%. The mean serum vitamin BJ2 concentration was 561 ±23 lrnpglml and there was no deficiency for this nutrient. Running. distance was significant lyrnassociated wi th the iron and fo late status of male athletes. In contrast, such association wasrnabsent for fe male athletes. Performance of the athletes was associated wi th their Red blood cellrncount (RBC) at (p

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