Luteinizing hormone pulsatility is disrupted at a threshold of energy availability in regularly menstruating women.

By A. Loucks, J. Thuma. Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism, 2003

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Subfields: Cell Biology, Endocrine and Autonomic Systems, Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism

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Citations in the corpus

• The IOC consensus statement: beyond the Female Athlete Triad—Relative Energy Deficiency in Sport (RED-S) (2014, background): “31 Irregular or absent menses may have signi fi cant emotional impact creating anxiety and an altered perception of self-normalcy.”
• The Female Athlete Triad (2007, positive): “Laboratory research has shown that LH pulsatility is disrupted within 5 d when the energy availability of young women is reduced by more than 33% from 45 to less than 30 kcalIkgj1 FFMIdj1 (122), which corresponds to the energy expended in resting metabolism in healthy young adults (20,57,141,145,189”
• IOC consensus statement on relative energy deficiency in sport (RED-S): 2018 update (2018, methodology): “The effects of LEA on reproductive hormones and menstrual function in female athletes have been well described, 8 68 69 although the complex hormonal signalling pathways underpinning these effects are still being fully elucidated.”