Energy availability discriminates clinical menstrual status in exercising women

Table 2 Energy intake, exercise energy expenditure and energy availability of participants categorized by exercise and menstrual status

	ExOv	ExIncon	ExAnov	ExOligo	ExAmen	P-value*	ExEumen	P-value**
	(n = 20)	(n = 13)	(n = 8)	(n = 20)	(n = 30)		(n = 41)
Energy intake (kcal/d)	1957 ± 114	1954 ± 153	2091 ± 167	1859 ± 132	1677 ± 95	0.203	1991 ± 80	0.013
EEE (kcal/d)	470 ± 43	393 ± 59	357 ± 90	372 ± 48	413 ± 36	0.559	426 ± 32	0.810
EA (kcal/kg/LBM)	35.5 ± 2.4	37.1 ± 3.0	40.1 ± 3.9	35.4 ± 3.2	30.9 ± 2.4	0.297	36.9 ± 1.7	0.036

Values are the mean ± SEM.
ExOv, exercising ovulatory; ExIncon, exercising inconsistent menstrual cycles; ExAnov, exercising anovulatory; ExOligo, exercising oligomenorrhea; ExAmen, exercising amenorrhea; ExEumen, exercising eumenorrhea, includes ExOv, ExIncon and ExAnov; EEE, exercise energy expenditure; EA, energy availability.
*, p-value associated with ANOVA performed to examine mean differences between ExOv, ExIncon, ExAnov, ExOligo and ExAmen groups.
**, p-value associated with independent T-tests performed to examine mean differences between ExAmen and ExEumen groups.

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