A combination of routine blood analytes predicts fitness decrement in elderly endurance athletes.

ABSTRACT: Endurance sports are enjoying greater popularity, particularly among new target groups such as the elderly. Predictors of future physical capacities providing a basis for training adaptations are in high demand. We therefore aimed to estimate the future physical performance of elderly marathoners (runners/bicyclists) using a set of easily accessible standard laboratory parameters. To this end, 47 elderly marathon athletes underwent physical examinations including bicycle ergometry and a blood draw at baseline and after a three-year follow-up period. In order to compile a statistical model containing baseline laboratory results allowing prediction of follow-up ergometry performance, the cohort was subgrouped into a model training (n = 25) and a test sample (n = 22). The model containing sig

SUBMITTER: Haslacher H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5419574 | biostudies-literature | 2017

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature