Nutritional indicators for gastrointestinal symptoms in female runners: the 'Marikenloop study'.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Among runners the reported prevalence of exercise-induced gastrointestinal (GI) symptoms is high (25%-83%). We aimed to investigate the prevalence of GI symptoms in women during a 5-10 km run in general and to explore the association between nutritional intakes and GI symptoms.

Setting

As part of the Marikenloop-study (a cohort study to identify predictor variables of running injuries), a cross-sectional questionnaire was distributed in interested runners of the '2013 Marikenloop'.

Participants

433 female runners filled in the questionnaire.

Primary and secondary outcome measures

The primary outcome measure was the frequency of running-related GI symptoms during running in general and during the last (training) run. Furthermore, dietary intake was de

SUBMITTER: ten Haaf DS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4127936 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature