Observational studyJournal of the International Society of Sports Nutrition2023
Competitive season effects on polyunsaturated fatty acid content in erythrocyte membranes of female football players.
Observational study in Journal of the International Society of Sports Nutrition, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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- Socceromics: A Systematic Review of Omics Technologies to Optimize Performance and Health in Soccer.International journal of molecular sciences · 2026Pooled it
- Nutritional Strategies for Optimizing Health, Sports Performance, and Recovery for Female Athletes and Other Physically Active Women: A Systematic Review.Nutrition reviews · 2025Pooled it
- Metabolomics analyses and physical interventions in soccer: a systematic review.Metabolomics : Official journal of the Metabolomic Society · 2024Pooled it
- Twelve Weeks of In-Season Strength Training at Moderate Intensities Improve Strength and Body Composition Without Increasing Muscle Damage or Inflammation in Elite Young Female Soccer Players.Sports (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Comparative Diagnostic Performance of Conventional and Novel Fatty Acid Indices in Blood Plasma as Biomarkers of Atherosclerosis Under Statin Therapy.Biomedicines · 2026Article
- Influence of Long-Term Soccer Training on the Fatty Acid Profile of the Platelet Membrane and Intra-Platelet Antioxidant Vitamins.Nutrients · 2024Article
- Changes in the Fatty Acid Profile in Erythrocytes in High-Level Endurance Runners during a Sports Season.Nutrients · 2024Article
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Abstract
backgroundAn optimal and correctly balanced metabolic status is essential to improve sports performance in athletes. Recent advances in omic tools, such as the lipid profile of the mature erythrocyte membranes (LPMEM), allow to have a comprehensive vision of the nutritional and metabolic status of these individuals to provide personalized recommendations for nutrients, specifically, the essential omega-3 and omega-6 fatty acids, individuating deficiencies/unbalances that can arise from both habitual diet and sportive activity. This work aimed to study the LPMEM in professional female football players during the football season for the first time and compare it with those defined as optimal values for the general population and a control group.
methodsAn observational study was carried out on female football players from the Athletic Club (Bilbao) playing in the first division of the Spanish league. Blood samples were collected at three points: at the beginning, mid-season, and end of the season for three consecutive seasons (2019-2020, 2020-2021, and 2021-2022), providing a total of 160 samples from 40 women. The LPMEM analysis was obtained by GC-FID by published method and correlated to other individual data, such as blood biochemical parameters, body composition, and age.
resultsWe observed a significant increase in docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) (
conclusionIn conclusion, relevant variations in several fatty acids of the membrane fatty acid profile of elite female football players were observed during the competitive season and, in comparison with the general population, increased PUFA contents were confirmed, as reported in other sportive activities, together with the new aspect of DGLA diminution, an omega-6 involved in immune and anti-inflammatory responses. Our results highlight membrane lipidomics as a tool to ascertain the molecular profile of elite female football players with a potential application for future personalized nutritional strategies (diet and supplementation) to address unbalances created during the competitive season.
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