Lifelong endurance exercise and its relation with coronary atherosclerosis.

ABSTRACT:

Aims

The impact of long-term endurance sport participation (on top of a healthy lifestyle) on coronary atherosclerosis and acute cardiac events remains controversial.

Methods and results

The Master@Heart study is a well-balanced prospective observational cohort study. Overall, 191 lifelong master endurance athletes, 191 late-onset athletes (endurance sports initiation after 30 years of age), and 176 healthy non-athletes, all male with a low cardiovascular risk profile, were included. Peak oxygen uptake quantified fitness. The primary endpoint was the prevalence of coronary plaques (calcified, mixed, and non-calcified) on computed tomography coronary angiography. Analyses were corrected for multiple cardiovascular risk factors. The median age was 55 (50-60) years in all group

SUBMITTER: De Bosscher R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10327878 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature