Sport, doping and female fertility

Table 1 Hormonal findings in exercising and sedentary women

Population	Hormonal findings	References
Sedentary women after aerobic exercise vs. baseline	Impaired LH pulsatility ↓LH, ↓FSH	[5, 9]
Exercising vs. sedentary women	Impaired LH pulsatility N LH, N FSH, ↓↑PRL, ↓FT3, ↓FT4 ↑GH, ↑ghrelin, ↓leptin	[10, 11, 14, 15]
Amenorrheic vs. cycling exercising women	Impaired LH pulsatility ↓PRL ↓FT3, ↓FT4 ↑GH, ↑ghrelin	[10,11,12,13,14,15]

Abbreviations: FT3 free-triiodothyronine, FT4 free-thyroxin, FSH follicle-stimulating hormone, GH growth hormone, LH luteinizing hormone, N non-significantly different, PRL prolactin

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