Longitudinal Change in Coronary Heart Disease Risk Factors in Older Runners

Background: it is currently not clear how coronary heart disease (CHD) risk factors change over time in chronic exercisers. Therefore, the purpose of this study is to describe the longitudinal change in CHD risk factors in chronically endurance-trained men and women, and to determine the exercise an...

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Published in:Age and ageing 2007-01, Vol.36 (1), p.57-62
Main Authors: Schroeder, E T, Hawkins, SA, Hyslop, D, Vallejo, A F, Jensky, N E, Wiswell, R A
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Language:English
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Summary:Background: it is currently not clear how coronary heart disease (CHD) risk factors change over time in chronic exercisers. Therefore, the purpose of this study is to describe the longitudinal change in CHD risk factors in chronically endurance-trained men and women, and to determine the exercise and nutritional factors associated with those respective changes. Methods and results: ninety-one middle-aged runners (56 male, 35 female) were tested on two occasions approximately 10 years apart (aged 50.8 plus or minus 8.0 versus 60.0 plus or minus 7.9 years at respective visits). Body composition, VO sub(2max), blood pressure (BP) and blood chemistries were measured, and the subjects' self-reported training and nutritional history. Data were analysed by factorial analysis of variance (ANOVA) and multivariate step-wise regression. Among the entire sample, training volume decreased (61.1 plus or minus 28.2 versus 44.7 plus or minus 24.6 km/week, P
ISSN:0002-0729
DOI:10.1093/ageing/af1127