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This study examined serum hepcidin and non\u2010invasively measured urinary hepcidin in 260 female athletes to assess their potential utility in evaluating iron status. Urinary hepcidin\/creatinine showed a strong correlation with serum hepcidin and was positively associated with ferritin, suggesting that it reflects underlying iron dynamics. Iron\u2010related measures, including hepcidin, showed expected differences across iron\u2010status categories, consistent with physiological changes from iron repletion to iron deficiency anemia. In diagnostic analyses, both serum hepcidin and urinary hepcidin\/creatinine demonstrated good accuracy for identifying iron deficiency including iron deficiency anemia. Serum hepcidin yielded AUCs of approximately 0.85\u20130.90, while urinary hepcidin\/creatinine showed AUCs around 0.85\u20130.88. Internal validation produced consistent confidence intervals, suggesting stable estimates. 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