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We aimed to investigate whether dietary iron intake and questionnaire-based moderate-to-vigorous physical activity were associated with hemoglobin levels, and whether ferritin levels mediated these associations. In Donor InSight-III, a Dutch cohort study of blood and plasma donors, data on heme and non-heme iron intake (mg\/day), moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (10 minutes\/day), hemoglobin levels (mmol\/L) and ferritin levels (\u03bcg\/L) were available in 2,323 donors (1,074 male). Donors with higher heme iron intakes (regression coefficients (\u03b2) in men and women: 0.160 and 0.065 mmol\/L higher hemoglobin per 1 mg of heme iron, respectively) and lower non-heme iron intakes (\u03b2: -0.014 and -0.017, respectively) had higher hemoglobin levels, adjusted for relevant confounders. Ferritin levels mediated these associations (indirect effect (95% confidence interval) in men and women respectively: 0.074 (0.045; 0.111) and 0.061 (0.030; 0.096) for heme and -0.003 (-0.008;0.001) and -0.008 (-0.013;-0.003) for non-heme). Moderate-to-vigorous physical activity was negatively associated with hemoglobin levels in men only (\u03b2: -0.005), but not mediated by ferritin levels. In conclusion, higher heme and lower non-heme iron intake were associated with higher hemoglobin levels in donors, via higher ferritin levels. 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